- 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
- …
- accomplish
- achieve
- do
- …
- feat of
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘action or deed’): from Old French fait, from Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere ‘do’.Definitions on the go
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