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expert

  • adjective
  • ex·pert
  • ĕk'''′'''spûrt

extraordinary capable or knowledgeable.

Example

“I am expert at making a simple situation complex.”

Other meanings

  1. Characteristic of an expert.

    “This problem requires expert knowledge.”

  2. Proven, experienced, veteran.

Related words

  • expert witness
  • expert system
  • time and motion expert
  • cyberexpert
  • expertism
  • expertize
  • expertly
  • expertness
  • expertocracy
  • expertocrat
  • expertship
  • non-expert

Example sentences

  • “We need an expert.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “You're practically an expert.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "expertus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “expert” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.