# feat

Pronunciation: US say "FEET" /fit/; UK

## Noun

1. An accomplishment that is relatively rare or difficult to achieve.
   - Simple: A difficult or impressive thing that someone manages to do.
   - _Building the bridge in under a year was an engineering feat few thought possible._
   - _The climbers celebrated their feat with a quiet meal back at base camp._

## Verb

2. To present or include someone or something prominently; to feature. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To include someone or something as a featured, important part.
   - _The new album feats three rising hip-hop stars._
   - _Major festivals like to feat fresh talent alongside the headliners._

## Adjective

3. Showing dexterity in movement or service; skillful, neat, and graceful. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Skillful and graceful in how someone moves or works.
   - _The seamstress was feat with needle and thread, her stitches small and even._
   - _A feat young page served the table without a single stumble._

## Verb

4. To shape or fashion something, giving it a particular form. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make or shape something into a form.
   - _Skilled hands feat the raw silver into a delicate cup._
   - _Apprentices learned to feat wood into furniture under the master's eye._

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3–4** — From Middle English, borrowed via Anglo-Norman "fet" (action, deed) and Old French "fait", from Latin "factum", the past participle of "facere" (to do, to make). It is a doublet of "fact".
**Meaning 2** — A clipping of "feature", also seen in the abbreviation "feat."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/feat (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).