feat
See also: feat.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiːt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Homophone: feet
- Rhymes: -iːt
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
feat (plural feats)
- A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
- I consider scaling Mount Blanc the greatest physical feat of my life.
- Raising six children who all went on to be doctors was a tough feat for us.
- 2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC:
- 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.
Derived terms
- feat of strength
- love-feat
- no mean feat
- no small feat
Translations
an accomplishment that's relatively rare or difficult
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Adjective
feat (comparative feater, superlative featest)
- (archaic) Dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty.
- 1590, Robert Greene, Greenes Mourning Garment, London: Thomas Newman, “The Shepheards Tale,” p. 17,
- […] she set downe her period on the face of Alexis, thinking he was the fairest, and the featest swaine of all the rest.
- 1593, Thomas Lodge, Phillis, London: John Busbie, “Induction,”
- 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.
- 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 606515358, [Act V, scene v]:
- […] never master had
A page so kind, so duteous, diligent,
So tender over his occasions, true,
So feat, so nurse-like:
- 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 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:
- And look how well my garments sit upon me;
Much feater than before:
- 1590, Robert Greene, Greenes Mourning Garment, London: Thomas Newman, “The Shepheards Tale,” p. 17,
Verb
feat (third-person singular simple present feats, present participle feating, simple past and past participle feated)
- (obsolete) To form; to fashion.
- 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 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- […] 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;
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Etymology 2
Clipping of feature. See also the abbreviation feat.
Verb
feat (third-person singular simple present feats, present participle feating, simple past and past participle feated)
- (transitive, informal) To feature.
- 2018 February 22, Christopher Walsh, “Alabama announces $21 million renovation of swimming/diving facilities”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
- 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 August 23, Elizabeth Aubrey, “A never before heard demo of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ has been discovered”, in NME:
- 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.
- 2019 September 1, Cy Brown, “North London Derby 2019: How To Watch Arsenal vs. Tottenham”, in Forbes:
- 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 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:
- Last year, the rapper had a number of hit singles, including Fefe, with Nicki Minaj, and Stoopid, featuring imprisoned rapper Bobby Shmurda.
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Anagrams
- EFTA, Fate, TAFE, TFAE, fate, feta