feat

¹

[ feet ]

noun

1. a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:

   Arranging the treaty was a diplomatic feat.

   Synonyms: accomplishment

2. Obsolete. a specialized skill; profession.

feat

²

[ feet ]

adjective

, Archaic.

, feat·er, feat·est.

1. apt; skillful; dexterous.
2. suitable.
3. neat ¹.

feat

¹

/ fiːt /

adjective

1. another word for skilful
2. another word for neat 1 suitable

feat

²

/ fiːt /

noun

1. a remarkable, skilful, or daring action; exploit; achievement

   feats of strength

Word History and Origins

Origin of feat¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English fet, fait, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin factum, noun use of neuter past participle of facere “to do, make”; fact

Origin of feat²

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French fait “made (to fit),” from Latin factus “done, made,” past participle of facere “to do, make”

Word History and Origins

Origin of feat¹

C14: from Old French fet , from Latin factus made, from facere to make

Origin of feat²

C14: from Anglo-French fait , from Latin factum deed; see fact

Synonym Study

See achievement.

Example Sentences

There’s no doubt this is enthralling, double-tap-worthy content, but unless you’re an athlete or a fitness professional yourself, you probably won’t be able to equal many of these feats at home.

From Popular-Science

The site is also projecting a 1-in-3 chance that the President repeats his 2016 feat of winning the election while losing the national popular vote.

From Fortune

Exactly how the immune system manages that feat isn’t known.

From Science News

Bats, foxes, raccoons, boars and other wildlife that harbor potential zoonotic infections tend to hide in remote places, so vaccinating enough of them to create herd immunity is not an easy feat.

From Quanta Magazine

Achieving that ambitious feat could only happen if MediaTek’s chips are “widely adopted” by Huawei, Brady Wang, a semiconductor analyst at Counterpoint Research in Taipei, wrote in a note about the call.

From Fortune

Murders in the City of Angels have fallen by about half in the last 10 years: no small feat for such a big city.

From The Daily Beast

The real hackers—whoever they may prove to be—had pulled off a feat: they ruined a Hollywood fete.

From The Daily Beast

The sets—which, really, were a feat of design and direction—appeared to be remnants of a Lewis Carroll fever dream.

From The Daily Beast

As great as this feat was, an equally demanding test followed: to conceal from the Nazis that Enigma had been beaten.

From The Daily Beast

Luckily the duo got what they needed before they had to pack it up, which is not an easy feat when working with a drone.

From The Daily Beast

Having achieved this feat he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.

From Project Gutenberg

He made a deliberate effort to put himself in Zeal's place, and after several failures accomplished the feat.

From Project Gutenberg

By means of this proof he confutes the cowardly rival who claims to have achieved the feat.

From Project Gutenberg

During this same year, a most unusual naval feat occurred in the Revolutionary War.

From Project Gutenberg

Over this same highway it would now be an easy feat for a powerful car to cover the distance in three or four hours.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accomplishment
• adventure
• deed
• exploit
• performance
• stunt
• triumph
• victory