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expert

ex·pert

UK/ˈɛk.spɜːt/ US/ɪkˈspɜːt/ common

noun

1.

a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

adjective

1.

having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

  • “adept in handicrafts”
  • “an adept juggler”
  • “an expert job”
  • “a good mechanic”
  • “a practiced marksman”
  • “a proficient engineer”
  • “a lesser-known but no less skillful composer”
  • “the effect was achieved by skillful retouching”

Origin

Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- + *-perior.

Phrases

  • expert system
  • expert witness
  • subject-matter expert
  • time and motion expert

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