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–noun

1.	a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.: Arranging the treaty was a diplomatic feat.

2.	Obsolete. a specialized skill; profession.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME fet, fait < AF, OF < L factum fact

]

—Synonyms 1. accomplishment. See achievement.

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–adjective -er, -est. Archaic.

1.	apt; skillful; dexterous.

suitable.

neat.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < MF fait made (to fit) < L factus, ptp. of facere to make, do

]

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n.

A notable act or deed, especially an act of courage; an exploit.
An act of skill, endurance, imagination, or strength; an achievement.
Obsolete A specialized skill; a knack.

[Middle English fet, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin factum, from neuter past participle of facere, to make, do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These nouns denote an extraordinary deed or action: feats of bravery; achievements of diplomacy; military exploits; a masterstroke of entrepreneurship.

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adj. feat·er, feat·est Archaic

Adroit; dexterous.
Neat; trim.

[Middle English fet, suitable, from Old French fait, from Latin factus, done, made; see feature.]

feat'ly adv.

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1362, "action, deeds," from Anglo-Fr. fet, from O.Fr. fait, from L. factum "thing done," a noun based on the pp. of facere "make, do" (see factitious). Sense of "exceptional or noble deed" arose c.1400 from phrase feat of arms (Fr. fait d'armes).

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feat
noun
a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"

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feat [fiːt] noun

an impressive act or achievement
Example: Building the pyramids was a brilliant feat of engineering.

Arabic:	مَفْخَرَه، عَمَل بُطولي، مأثَرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	功绩
Chinese (Traditional):	功績
Czech:	výkon, čin
Danish:	bedrift; præstation
Estonian:	suursaavutus
Greek:	άθλος, κατόρθωμα
Hungarian:	(hős)tett
Indonesian:	prestasi hebat
Italian:	impresa

Latvian:	(liels) sasniegums; varoņdarbs
Lithuanian:	žygdarbis
Norwegian:	prestasjon
Polish:	wyczyn
Russian:	подвиг; достижение
Slovak:	čin, výkon, skutok
Slovenian:	mojstrski dosežek
Spanish:	hazaña, proeza
Swedish:	bedrift, prestation
Turkish:	cesaret ve ustalık isteyen bir iş

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Feat

De*feat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating.] [From F. d['e]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d['e]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion.]

1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.]

His unkindness may defeat my life. --Shak.

2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.

He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. --Tillotson.

The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. --Hallam.

In one instance he defeated his own purpose. --A. W. Ward.

3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

Sharp reasons to defeat the law. --Shak.

Syn: To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.

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De*fect"\, n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Deficit.]

1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. --Davies.

2. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.

Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- and every foe. --Pope.

Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. --Macaulay.

Syn: Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault.

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Fact\, n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.]

1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.]

A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. --B. Jonson.

2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.

What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. --Evelyn.

He who most excels in fact of arms. --Milton.

3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.

4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.

I do not grant the fact. --De Foe.

This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. --Roger Long.

Note: TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the low. --Burrill Bouvier.

Accessary before, or after, the fact. See under Accessary.

Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact narration.

Syn: Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.

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