feat
pronunciation
How to pronounce feat in British English:
UK [fiːt]
How to pronounce feat in American English:
US [fiːt]
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- Noun:
- a notable achievement
Word Origin
- feat
- feat: [14] Etymologically, a feat is ‘something that is done’. The word comes via Old French fet from Latin factum ‘deed’, a noun based on the past participle of facere ‘make, do’, and is hence a doublet of English fact – that is to say, both words go back to an identical source, but have become differentiated (in this case because fact came directly from Latin, whereas feat was filtered through Old French).=> fact, factory, fashion, feasible, feature
- feat (n.)
- mid-14c., "action, deeds," from Anglo-French fet, from Old French fait "action, deed, achievement" (12c.), from Latin factum "thing done," a noun based on the past participle of facere "make, do" (see factitious, and compare fact). Sense of "exceptional or noble deed" arose c. 1400 from phrase feat of arms (French fait d'armes).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Conservatives credit unbridled , american free market capitalism with the feat .
- 2. Most genome researchers agree that would be an impressive feat if true .
- 3. This obscures mr bernanke 's feat at the last meeting in mustering unanimous support for a highly controversial policy .
- 4. To unveil preparations for global democracy 's greatest logistical feat , an indian election , representatives of 47 political parties were summoned to delhi on february 3rd .
- 5. In july australia ticked off 21 years without a recession , a feat unmanaged by almost any other rich country .