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skilled

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skilled  (skld)
adj.
1. Having or showing skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient.
2. Requiring specialized ability or training: a skilled trade.

skilled [skɪld]
adj
1. possessing or demonstrating accomplishment, skill, or special training
2. (prenominal) involving skill or special training a skilled job
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.skilled - having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"
competent - properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist"
experienced, experient - having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"

skilled
adjective expert, professional, accomplished, trained, experienced, able, masterly, practised, tasty (Brit. informal), skilful, proficient, a dab hand at (Brit. informal) skilled workers, such as plumbers
inexperienced, unskilled, unqualified, untrained, uneducated, unprofessional, amateurish, cowboy (informal), untalented, inexpert
Translations
skilled [skɪld] ADJ
1. [person] (= specialized) → especializado; (= skilful) → experto, hábil, diestro
she is a skilled negotiatores una negociadora muy experta or hábil or diestra
skilled craftsmen are employed in the restoration workel trabajo de restauración lo realizan artesanos especializados
he is skilled at or in dealing with childrentiene muy buena mano con los niños
2. [worker] → cualificado(esp Sp), calificado(esp LAm), especializado
skilled labour or > labor (US) → mano f de obra cualificada(esp Sp), mano f de obra calificada(esp LAm), mano f de obra especializada
3. [job, work] → especializado

skilled [ˈskɪld] adj
[negotiator, craftsman] → habile before n; [worker, labour, engineer] → qualifié(e)
to be skilled at sth → être habile à qch
to be skilled in sth → être habile à qch skilled labour
[work, job] → qualifié(e) m/f
skilled labour nmain d'œuvre f qualifiée
a shortage of skilled labour → une pénurie de main d'œuvre qualifiée

skilled
adj (= skilful)geschickt, gewandt (→ at in +dat); (= trained)ausgebildet; (= requiring skill)fachmännisch; he’s skilled in persuading peopleer versteht es, andere zu überreden; a man skilled in diplomacyein geschickter Diplomat

skilled [skɪld] adj
a. (gen) → abile, esperto/a
b. (job, work) → specializzato/a; (worker) → specializzato/a, qualificato/a

skilled [skɪld] adj
a. (gen) → abile, esperto/a
b. (job, work) → specializzato/a; (worker) → specializzato/a, qualificato/a

skilled ماهر kvalifikovaný dygtig geschickt δεξιοτεχνικός diestro taitava compétent izvješten esperto 熟練した 숙련된 bekwaam erfaren wykwalifikowany hábil умелый skicklig ซึ่งมีความชำนาญ becerikli khéo léo 熟练的


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The general who is skilled in defense hides in the most secret recesses of the earth; he who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights of heaven.
A FISHERMAN skilled in music took his flute and his nets to the seashore.
The sale of their products so brought down prices that farming was ruined, and their skilled and unskilled labour drove the artisans and labourers into the almshouses and highways.
 
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