adept
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4.2
- adjective
- /əˈdɛpt/
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- She is highly adept at solving complex math problems in a short amount of time.
- become adept
- more adept
- adept students
This means that the child must be adept at keyboarding.
- This means that the child must be adept at keyboarding.
- And truthfully, most couples, they're not particularly adept at managing the flows of money.
- Although I was a researcher, I was well adept at writing and speaking with people.
- Such a nice guy, so normal, socially adept, smart, thoughtful, lovely, lovely person.
- I've become much more adept at single point threading.
- And it was providing also a service to people that were not as technologically adept as some of the MIT students.
- And so becoming a better picker, I think, I think you do have to get socially adept.
- Now you can't, and it enriches your life if you become adept at using this technology, whether you are in it or not.
- People are very adept at rationalizing, but they rationalize in systems that help them a great deal.
- And she was just so adept at like, go ask for this, Go talk to this person, push on that.
- Yeah, they're they're much more adept at blaming, refusing to budget because they believe that if you're right, they're wrong.
- They are scholars and artists, and they are just as adept at scouring the archives as they are at mining their own experiences and imaginations.
- A small number are adept at using social media to destroy anyone that they think they can get credit for destroying.
- But I find that I find that most people are not adept at knowing whether the connection they feel with someone is deeper or physical.
- But yeah, I'm, I'm adept at podcast guesting.
Examples
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Women prove themselves to be particularly adept at this exacting work.
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Through successive experiences, students increasingly become more adept at assessing their own progress.
Academic text (2015) -
How many of you are pretty adept at a second language, third language?
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Find out how your skill set makes you adept at doing part of that for them better than anyone else.
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Although I was a researcher, I was well adept at writing and speaking with people.
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Such a nice guy, so normal, socially adept, smart, thoughtful, lovely, lovely person.
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Their younger counterparts in the same classes seem more adept at acquiring these skills.
Academic text (1991) -
The moderator is experienced and adept at conducting group discussions similar to focus groups.
Academic text (1992) -
Post-challenge, I became a better teacher, more adept at communicating the purpose of libraries in a democratic society.
Academic text (2015) -
As a seasoned teacher, Stacy is adept at following through with these strategies for teaching.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
Skilled at something and able to do it well
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3.5
Having special training and ability to do a job well
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3.6
Able to do a job well because of skill and knowledge
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2.8
Good at doing something because of practice and careful control
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6.0
Able to do a job or activity well because of practice
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3.5
Very skilled and knowing a lot about a particular area
A person who is very skilled at an activity like music or sport
Someone who has a lot of skill because they did something many times
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Adept comes from the Latin word adeptus, meaning 'having obtained'. Think of someone who has 'obtained' a skill or ability — to be adept is to be very skilled or good at something.