Thesaurus: expert
Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery.
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Definitions
- a. Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery.
- n. An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning.
- n. A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.
- n. A sworn appraiser.
- v. t. To experience.
- adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- adj. of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- n. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
- Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; havingfacility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and readyfrom much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expertin chess or archery.A valiant and most expert gentleman. Shak.What practice, howsoe'er expert In fitting aptest words to things . .. Hath power to give thee as thou wert Tennison.
- j:2/n:98 n. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully