feat
1 Americannoun
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a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc..
Arranging the treaty was a diplomatic feat.
- Synonyms:
- accomplishment
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Obsolete. a specialized skill; profession.
noun
Related Words
See achievement.
Etymology
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”
Example Sentences
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Israel separately said it intercepted over 50 Iranian drones, an easier feat since it is farther away from Iran and takes much longer for drones to get there.
She's the first woman to win that prize, a feat she called "bittersweet".
From BBC
But even before that, city officials knew that getting it done would require extraordinary feats of physical, economic and political engineering.
Knowing with such calibrated exactitude what Harry Potter etc. would be worth to Netflix until the end of time is quite a feat.
This is the first time the feat has been achieved in the UK because drilling this far down is a technically and financially costly endeavour.
From BBC
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