featfeat /fiːt/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat.feat of an incredible feat of engineeringperform/accomplish/achieve a feat the woman who performed the feat of sailing around the world aloneno mean feat (=something that is difficult to do) It is no mean feat to perform such a difficult piece.
WORD ORIGINfeat
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French fait ‘thing done’, from Latin factum; ➔ FACTEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- acrobatic circus feats
- He led his team to victory for the tenth time, a feat no captain had achieved before.
- The circus acrobats perform amazing feats on the trapeze.
- Using the code requires incredible feats of memory.
- He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking.
- In the great outdoors, the merit of any feats become meaningless.
- Powell achieved a similar feat, but then resigned.
- The lucky boy accomplished the feat, and caught the evil, greedy king in a curse at the same time.
THESAURUS
noun [countable] something that someone does: · He is responsible for his own actions.· They refused to give a reason for their actions.
noun [countable] a particular type of action: · violent actsact of violence/kindness/defiance etc: · I believe the killing was an act of desperation.
noun [plural] things that people do, especially for enjoyment or to achieve an aim: · leisure activities· political activities· Surveys may not give a true picture of people’s activities.
British English, behavior American English noun [uncountable] the things that someone does and the way they behave: · Do you think that advertisements really influence people’s behaviour?· The man’s behaviour seemed rather odd.
noun [countable] something that you do in order to achieve something: · Her decision to sell the shares had been a smart move.· It’s a bold move to start a business in the current economic climate.· He needed time to figure out his next move.
noun [countable] one of a series of things that you do in order to deal with a problem or to succeed: · The first step is to make sure we have got funding for the project.· We must take steps to make sure that this does not happen again.· This is an important step towards peace.
noun [countable] an official action that is intended to deal with a particular problem: · There are increased security measures at airports.· The school was closed as a precautionary measure following a chemical leak.
noun [countable] something that you do to show how you feel about someone or something: · Do you think it would be a nice gesture to send her some flowers?gesture of goodwill/solidarity/defiance: · The company gave us £100 as a gesture of goodwill.
noun [countable] especially literary an action, especially one that is very good or very bad: · evil deeds· heroic deeds· This is my good deed for the day.
noun [plural] formal exciting or brave actions: · daring exploits· His exploits were legendary.
noun [countable] something someone does that people admire because you need a lot of skill, courage, or strength to do it: · Completing a marathon is a remarkable feat for a six-year-old.· The bridge is a great feat of engineering.·
Longman Language Activatorsomething that someone does something that someone does - always use this with the verb do: · The first thing you should do is connect the printer to the computer.a nice/stupid/nasty etc thing to do: · That was a really nice thing to do - I know Leona enjoys your visits.· I know I shouldn't have hit him - it was a dumb thing to do.the right/best/smart/only etc thing to do: · He gave her half the money because it was the right thing to do.
something that someone does: · You can't be blamed for the actions of your parents.· Bedell's financial problems do not excuse his actions.course of action (=something that you could do in order to deal with a situation): · There was only one possible course of action - he had to resign.
things that people do, especially as an organized group - use this especially about illegal things that people do: · The FBI is investigating the company's business activities.· There is growing evidence of drug-smuggling activities in and around the port.· Alberts created false documents to hide his activities from his employers.
when people are doing things, moving around, and looking busy: · There's a lot of activity downstairs - do you know what's going on?· Military activity was secretly taking place for weeks before the invasion.
a particular kind of action: act of courage/stupidity/cruelty/kindness etc: · Saving the boys from the river was an act of great courage.· We condemn all acts of violence, no matter what the reason.· The whole nation is very grateful for the numerous acts of kindness rendered in this time of crisis.
something very brave, very good or very bad that someone does - used especially in literature: · One day he will pay for his evil deeds.· He grew up reading the tales and legends of heroic deeds.good deed: · Well, that's my good deed for the day.
something that someone does that is admired because it is very difficult and you need a lot of skill or strength to do it: feat of: · Using the code requires incredible feats of memory.perform/accomplish/achieve a feat: · The circus acrobats perform amazing feats on the trapeze.· He led his team to victory for the tenth time, a feat no captain had achieved before.
brave or exciting actions that people are told about and admire: · The children loved to hear their father tell stories of his wartime exploits.· Powell's exploits on the Colorado River made him a hero of the old West.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat. the woman who performed the feat of sailing around the world alone It’s a remarkable achievement for the company.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat. the woman who performed the feat of sailing around the world alone (=something that is difficult to do) It is no mean feat to perform such a difficult piece.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It is no mean feat to perform such a difficult piece. (=something that is impossible to do)· She achieved the seemingly impossible feat of breaking the world record.
It’s a remarkable achievement for the company.· He achieved the very considerable feat of isolating a material, demonstrating its purity and getting an analysis of the elements present.· At one level this has enabled him to achieve the considerable feat of maintaining reasonably stable government for more than twenty years.· It is a considerable feat to have condensed 150 years of complex history into some hundred readable pages.
· But, to my mind, Colin Watson brings off almost every time the difficult feat he attempts.· He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking.· That way, says Denis, you can achieve the sometimes difficult feat of appearing interested in what is being said.
· An extraordinary feat of biological engineering.· That was an extraordinary feat of bravery.· Not one hospital, school or daycare centre closed-a formidable testament to an extraordinary feat of economic juggling.· Athletes, it seems, also appropriate this knowing to accomplish extraordinary feats.· The contest is an extraordinary feat of wrestling.· The sports literature suggests that a few individuals who are able to perform extraordinary feats view reality in this way.
· Crawford was still in camp during the 1918 season, and was able to perform great feats for Wellington.· One more great feat of arms he did before his fighting ended for ever.· It represents one of man's great architectural feats and was technically a major step forward.· None the less, great feats of mental gymnastics were per-formed to make them into atmospheric phenomena.· Dry warm days and long light evenings drive on the smallholder to even greater feats of energy and determination.· He thought it a great feat that she had got in from the Point in an hour and a quarter.
· He considered it an impossible feat, tantamount to asking for eighteen miracles in a row.· There were more impossible feats waiting to be performed at Niagara than at any other place on the continent.
· Stale soul purifier Souls, like bodies and minds, are capable of incredible feats of endurance.· It was an incredible feat of engineering, dug by hand.· It would be an incredible feat for a side built from unsung players.· He attempted to envisage and explain the incredible feat of navigation undertaken by Captain Bligh after the Mutiny.· It's an exciting life by any standards and this description of Watson's incredible feats certainly makes exciting reading.
· Simply staying on a 500 is a major feat.· The following day is filled with fatigue and irritability, and just making it through the workday is a major feat.· Just getting away from the madding crowd proves to be a major feat on the most crowded island on Earth.· The court sits next to the family garden, where a rock commemorates a major Ferry athletic feat.
· On Tuesday Invergordon Distillers reported a marginal improvement in underlying profits, no mean feat given the difficulties facing the whisky sector.· Given that there are some 20,000 such fastenings in a boat of this size, this is no mean feat.· This is no mean feat as the statute has 108 sections divided into 12 separate parts, together with 15 schedules.· Was only beaten once by Tilson and given the game Tillo was having that is no mean feat.· The discovery of an effect with such a long latent period was no mean feat of epidemiology.
· Just such a remarkable feat happened two years running in 1928 and 1929, with Tipperary Tim and Gregalach respectively.· How do babies accomplish such a remarkable feat?· The mounting and supply of the expedition was a remarkable feat.· But it is a remarkable feat of alchemy indeed.· This remarkable feat of arms is largely unrecognised.· For a leading Democrat to chastise his own party at its own nominating convention was a remarkable political feat.· I had achieved the remarkable feat of uniting the two factions at the party in mockery of me.· I was capable of holding watch for most of a day without the slightest trembling or consciousness of my remarkable feat.
· No small feat and something quite alien to ourselves, difficult to imagine.
VERB· Now you reset the glasses and invite others to accomplish your feat.· How do babies accomplish such a remarkable feat?· Ian Wilmut, of the Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, has already accomplished this feat in his second cloned sheep.· The lucky boy accomplished the feat, and caught the evil, greedy king in a curse at the same time.· How can they accomplish this feat?· He collected the $ 25, 000 prize Raymond Orteig had put up for anyone who could accomplish the astounding feat.· Athletes, it seems, also appropriate this knowing to accomplish extraordinary feats.
· He achieved the very considerable feat of isolating a material, demonstrating its purity and getting an analysis of the elements present.· He could become the first Buck to achieve the statistical feat for the season since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it in 1974-75.· Givaudon achieved his feat simply by soaking the growing shoots of plants in colchicine.· Powell achieved a similar feat, but then resigned.· That way, says Denis, you can achieve the sometimes difficult feat of appearing interested in what is being said.· At one level this has enabled him to achieve the considerable feat of maintaining reasonably stable government for more than twenty years.· I had achieved the remarkable feat of uniting the two factions at the party in mockery of me.
· Crawford was still in camp during the 1918 season, and was able to perform great feats for Wellington.· The traders performed astonishing feats of gluttony never before seen at Salomon.· After all, here was a company that had just performed unparalleled feats.· The sports literature suggests that a few individuals who are able to perform extraordinary feats view reality in this way.· In 1882 and in 1883 he performed the feat of taking the half-mile, one-mile, four-mile, and ten-mile championships.· Latterly Dad had sobered much when he was no longer able to perform his old feats of strength and daring.· How they perform such amazing navigational feats is unknown.· And it may perform this stupendous reproductive feat annually for thirty or forty years.
· Thornaby skipper Mike Priestley will be hoping he can repeat that feat for him a few times this season.· The Kings have won back-to-back games only four times this season and had gone 20 games without repeating the feat.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
something that is an impressive achievement, because it needs a lot of skill, strength etc to doremarkable/considerable/incredible etc feat- But that was no mean achievement.
- For an immigrant boy this marital alliance was no mean achievement.
- Given that there are some 20,000 such fastenings in a boat of this size, this is no mean feat.
- In particular the notion that nurse training is for the young and for women only must be dispelled; no mean task.
- In this case it was no mean task.
- On Tuesday Invergordon Distillers reported a marginal improvement in underlying profits, no mean feat given the difficulties facing the whisky sector.
- This is no mean feat as the statute has 108 sections divided into 12 separate parts, together with 15 schedules.
- This is no mean task, especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months.
They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat.feat of an incredible feat of engineeringperform/accomplish/achieve a feat the woman who performed the feat of sailing around the world aloneno mean feat (=something that is difficult to do) It is no mean feat to perform such a difficult piece.