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feat

108 3.8
An impressive act that needs skill, courage, or great strength
  • noun
  • /fiːt/
translation icon : hazaña
  • Building the seven-story skyscraper in just one year was an impressive feat of engineering.
  • accomplish a feat
  • perform a feat
  • achieve a feat

And that's no easy feat at all.

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Examples

  • A fascinating feat of natural engineering.

  • OK, Would that be would that not be the greatest feat that we could ever pull off?

  • You know, it's a it's an amazing, it's an amazing feat of the human mind.

  • This aircraft is a remarkable feat of engineering, but it's also a little crazy.

  • How on earth did you manage such a feat?

  • How he achieved this feat so rapidly is a mystery.

  • Which one of them is famous for completing an extreme feat of strength?

  • The ladder was an impressive engineering feat, but time had taken its toll.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Now, this pipeline is a feat of human ingenuity.

  • So the Boston Dynamics robots are just impressive feats of engineering.

Synonyms

effort
vsfeat
405 1.1

A notable achievement done with a lot of hard work

stresses an act that impresses because of skill, strength, or courage
achievement
vsfeat
344 2.3

A success you reach after working hard

adds the idea of being impressive or requiring special skill or courage
exploit
vsfeat
33 6.1

A brave action that shows skill or courage

is more neutral and can be impressive without boldness
tour de force
vsfeat
  • Literature
7 8.0

An impressive achievement that shows great skill

is a more general notable act needing skill, courage, or strength
no small feat
vsfeat
5 5.6

A difficult and impressive achievement

is the general label for an impressive act needing skill or strength
masterstroke
vsfeat
4 7.3

A very clever action that succeeds and helps a lot

is broader, covering notable acts not always clever or singular
1 3.9

An important success that shows great skill and effort

can apply to smaller impressive acts as well as large milestones
1 6.1

A difficult, impressive physical move done by a skilled performer

is more general and not limited to physical stunts
heroics
vsfeat
4.2

Actions that are brave in dangerous or very difficult situations

covers notable acts that may require skill as well as courage

Antonyms

557 1.3

Not reaching what was planned or expected

Idioms

A difficult and impressive achievement

Compounds

A difficult, impressive physical move done by a skilled performer

How Impressive

exploit
33 6.1
feat
108 3.8
accomplishment
184 3.4
deed
281 3.4

Surface Forms

feat singular
feats plural

Etymology

Feat comes from an old word for a 'deed' or something 'done', and it shares the same root as fact and factory, which are about making or doing. So a feat is an impressive thing someone has done.