skilled
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3.5
- adjective
- /skɪld/
- She is a skilled negotiator, able to secure favorable terms for her clients.
- skilled workers
- highly skilled
- skilled or unskilled
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Watch on YouTubeWe are told that people who are socially skilled are somehow virtuous.
- We are told that people who are socially skilled are somehow virtuous.
- So you, you are a, you're skilled at at both of those things.
- The access to a midwife, skilled birth attendant isn't there.
- When I was there, they were very skilled and drilled.
- And those private prison companies are skilled lobbyists.
- They're well aware they're much better digitally skilled than my generation, for instance.
- So we want to get young people into the skilled trades at scale.
- Because there's such a huge need for people to be skilled at those tasks.
- They won't be skilled in composition or oral fluency.
- But multiple labs and people who are skilled in the art, you got to open source it.
- So on the one hand, she's very skilled at the popular.
Examples
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You seem particularly skilled.
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Therefore, you should not be allowed to find your skilled workers somewhere else.
Academic text (1990) -
These are really smart, really skilled working women.
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Other sports require the skilled use of a piece of equipment.
Academic text (2011) -
And those kind of jobs tend to be skilled work, right?
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The second job offer preference is set aside for other skilled workers with U.S. job offers.
Academic text (1990) -
I imagine it's the work of many skilled artisans.
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We've got a group of people out there who are highly skilled at causing trouble.
Fiction book (1993) -
However, many experts are predicting a shortage of skilled workers in the next century.
Academic text (1990) -
Over 50 percent of the refugees were skilled laborers between twenty and forty years of age.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Having the skill or power to do something
∞
1.0
Skilled at something and able to do it well
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1.4
Able to do something well because of skill or training
525
1.0
Naturally able to do something well
380
3.0
Having the skills and experience needed for a job
165
3.5
Very skilled and knowing a lot about a particular area
157
3.5
Having very strong natural ability, often in art, music, or school subjects
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3.6
Able to do a job well because of skill and knowledge
83
3.8
A person who is very skilled at an activity like music or sport
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3.7
A person or animal who knows the skills to do a job well
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6.0
Able to do a job or activity well because of practice
30
2.8
Good at doing something because of practice and careful control
20
3.7
Someone who has a lot of skill because they did something many times
5
8.2
Showing very great skill, often in music or art
2
8.4
Showing very high skill in music or art
Antonyms
Compounds
How Skilled
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5.3
165
3.5
192
3.5
134
3.6
60
3.4
4
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word skilled comes from the old noun skill, which meant 'knowledge' or 'ability' and is linked to an old Norse root skil meaning 'to separate' or 'understand'. So a skilled person is someone who has the knowledge and ability to do a task well.