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Definition of feat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

feat

noun
 
/fiːt/
 
/fiːt/
(approving)
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  1. an action or a piece of work that needs skill, strength or courage
    • The tunnel is a remarkable feat of engineering.
    • to accomplish/achieve/perform astonishing feats
    • That was no mean feat (= it was difficult to do).
    Homophones feat | feetfeat   feet
     
    /fiːt/
     
    /fiːt/
    • feat noun
      • The birds' flight south is an amazing feat of endurance.
    • feet noun (plural of foot)
      • The audience rose to their feet in appreciation.
    Extra Examples
    • Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand was no mean feat.
    • He emulated the feat of the legendary athlete Jesse Owens.
    • He has pulled off an extraordinary feat in completing the voyage single-handedly.
    • She was capable of remarkable feats of endurance.
    • a remarkable feat of strength
    • an unprecedented feat in the history of the industry
    • physical feats of strength and skill
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • amazing
    • astonishing
    • brilliant
    verb + feat
    • accomplish
    • achieve
    • do
    preposition
    • feat of
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘action or deed’): from Old French fait, from Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere ‘do’.
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