feat

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/fiːt/

noun

A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.

“I consider scaling Mount Blanc the greatest physical feat of my life.”

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OriginMiddle English [Term?] ← Anglo-Norman fet ← Old French fait →
CommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

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nounfeat (plural feats)

plural feats

  1. A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.

    I consider scaling Mount Blanc the greatest physical feat of my life.

    3 more examples

    Raising six children who all went on to be doctors was a tough feat for us.

    Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!

    1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 25

    Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.

    2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC
adjectivefeat (comparative feater, superlative featest)

comparative feater · superlative featest

  1. archaicDexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty.

    And look how well my garments sit upon me; Much feater than before:

    1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
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    […] she set downe her period on the face of Alexis, thinking he was the fairest, and the featest swaine of all the rest.

    1590, Robert Greene, “The Shepheards Tale”, in Greenes Mourning Garment, London: Thomas Newman, page 17

    Oh you high sp’rited Paragons of witte, That flye to fame beyond our earthly pitch, Whose sence is sound, whose words are feat and fitte, Able to make the coyest eare to itch: Shroud with your mighty wings that mount so well, These little loues, new crept from out the shell.

    1593, Thomas Lodge, “Induction”, in Phillis, London: John Busbie

    […] never master had A page so kind, so duteous, diligent, So tender over his occasions, true, So feat, so nurse-like:

    1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]
verbfeat (third-person singular simple present feats, present participle feating, simple past and past participle feated)

present singular third person feats · participle present feating · participle past feated · past feated

  1. obsoleteTo form; to fashion.

    […] most praised, most loved, A sample to the youngest, to the more mature A glass that feated them, and to the graver A child that guided dotards;

    1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

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verbfeat (third-person singular simple present feats, present participle feating, simple past and past participle feated)

present singular third person feats · participle present feating · participle past feated · past feated

  1. informaltransitiveTo feature.

    Last year, the rapper had a number of hit singles, including Fefe, with Nicki Minaj, and Stoopid, feating imprisoned rapper Bobby Shmurda.

    2019 October 3, Jack Williams, “Tell Tale Hit: Tekashi 6ix9ine testimony leads to conviction of two men on racketeering after ‘snitch’ rapper turns on fellow Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods thugs”, in The Sun
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    A new team suite will also be added feating new team locker rooms, a nutrition station, team meeting room, a team lounge and coaches’ offices and conference room.

    2018 February 22, Christopher Walsh, “Alabama announces $21 million renovation of swimming/diving facilities”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Two films by John and Yoko, ‘Imagine’ and ‘Gimme Some Truth’ will also be re-released on October 5 feating new footage, “raw” studio mixes and a new insight into a photo shoot the couple did with iconic British photographer David Bailey.

    2018 August 23, Elizabeth Aubrey, “A never before heard demo of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ has been discovered”, in NME

    This could also be the match in which we see the highly-anticipated debut of an attacking triumvirate feating Nicolas Pepe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette.

    2019 September 1, Cy Brown, “North London Derby 2019: How To Watch Arsenal vs. Tottenham”, in Forbes
nounfeat (plural feats)

plural feats

  1. abbreviationclippingcomputingClipping of feature.

    feat: Add undo button

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna notable achievement

Similar
effortexploit
Broader
accomplishmentachievement
Also see
effortexploit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

feat · noun, adjective, verb

  1. Latinfactum
  2. Old Frenchfait
  3. Anglo-Normanfet“action, deed”
  4. Middle English[Term?]
  5. Englishfeat

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman fet (“action, deed”), from Old French fait, from Latin factum, from facere (“to do, to make”). Doublet of fact.

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feat · verb, noun

Clipping of feature. See also the abbreviation feat.

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Translations

Arabic مَأْثَرَة
  • مَأْثَرَة (maʔṯara)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Bulgarian по́двиг
  • по́двиг (pódvig)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Catalan gesta, acompliment
  • gestaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • acomplimentan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • proesaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • consecucióan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • fetaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • fitaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Chinese Mandarin 功績 /功绩, 偉業 /伟业
  • 功績 /功绩 (gōngjì, gōngjī)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • 偉業 /伟业 (wěiyè)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Czech čin, výkon
  • činan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • výkonan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • kousekan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Danish præstation, dåd
  • præstationan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • dådan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Dutch prestatie, verwezenlijking
  • prestatiean accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • verwezenlijkingan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • krachttoeran accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Finnish saavutus
  • saavutusan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
French exploit, haut fait
  • exploitan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • haut faitan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • prouessean accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • coup d'éclatan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • action d'éclatan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
German Leistung, Meisterstück
  • Leistungan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • Meisterstückan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • Meisterleistungan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • Glanzstückan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • Glanzleistungan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Greek άθλος
  • άθλος (áthlos)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Hungarian bravúr, hőstett
  • bravúran accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • hőstettan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Irish aicsean, cleas
  • aicseanan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • cleasan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • éachtan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • reabhan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • spleadhan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Italian impresa, prodezza
  • impresaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • prodezzaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • exploitan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • bravuraan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • ardimentoan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • gestaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Japanese 業績, 偉業
  • 業績 (gyōseki)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • 偉業 (igyō)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Korean 공적, 업적
  • 공적 (gongjeok)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • 업적 (eopjeok)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Latin factus
  • factusan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Polish wyczyn, osiągnięcie
  • wyczynan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • osiągnięciean accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Portuguese feito, façanha
  • feitoan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • façanhaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • proezaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Romanian ispravă
  • ispravăan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Russian по́двиг
  • по́двиг (pódvig)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Scottish Gaelic cleas
  • cleasan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Slovak čin, výkon
  • činan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • výkonan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • skutokan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Spanish hazaña, fazaña
  • hazañaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • fazañaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • gestaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • hombradaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
  • machadaan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Swedish bedrift
  • bedriftan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Ukrainian по́двиг
  • по́двиг (pódvyh)an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
Welsh cyflawniad
  • cyflawniadan accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with feat

completestreetmeetfeetsuitesheetheatdeletesweeteatseattreatconcretereceiptrepeatelitefleetcheatpetecompetewheatincompletedefeatretreat
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Sounds the same

feetfeetfeetfeetfeet

Anagrams

fateTAFEfetaatef
Cite this entry
APA

feat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feat

MLA

“feat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feat.

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