adept

adept

thoroughly proficient; an expert: He is adept at landscaping difficult lots.

Not to be confused with:

adapt – fit, adjust, alter, or modify: She will adapt the costume to fit.

adopt – take another’s child as one’s own: I will adopt my late sister’s boy.; to accept: adopt a proposal

a·dept

 (ə-dĕpt′)

adj.

Very skilled or accomplished. See Synonyms at proficient.

n. (ăd′ĕpt′)

A highly skilled person; an expert: "political consequences in getting rid of all the skeptics, unbelievers, and adepts of rival faiths" (Gene Lyons).

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[Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscī, to attain : ad-, ad- + apīscī, to grasp.]

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a·dept′ly adv.

a·dept′ness n.

adept

adj

1. very proficient in something requiring skill or manual dexterity

2. skilful; expert

n

a person who is skilled or proficient in something

[C17: from Medieval Latin adeptus, from Latin adipiscī to attain, from ad- to + apiscī to attain]

aˈdeptly adv

aˈdeptness n

a•dept

(adj. əˈdɛpt; n. ˈæd ɛpt, əˈdɛpt)

adj.

1. very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.

n.

2. a skilled or proficient person; expert.

ad•ept

[1655–65; < Medieval Latin adeptus, n. use of past participle of Latin adipiscī to attain to =ad- ad- + -ipiscī, comb. form of apiscī to grasp (see apt)]

a•dept′ly, adv.

a•dept′ness, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adept - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field hotshot, maven, mavin, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard, sensation, star, ace, genius, champion expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully track star - a star runner
Adj.	1.	adept - having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful, expert, good 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"

adept

adjective

1. skilful, able, skilled, expert, masterly, practised, accomplished, versed, tasty (Brit. informal), masterful, proficient, adroit, dexterous He is an adept guitar player.
skilful awkward, clumsy, inept, unskilled, amateurish

noun

1. expert, master, genius, buff (informal), whizz (informal), hotshot (informal), rocket scientist (informal, chiefly U.S.), dab hand (Brit. informal), maven (U.S.) He was an adept at getting people to talk confidentially to him.

adept

adjective

Having or demonstrating a high degree of knowledge or skill:

crack, expert, master, masterful, masterly, professional, proficient, skilled, skillful.

Slang: crackerjack.

noun

A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field:

ace, authority, dab hand, expert, master, past master, professional, proficient, wizard.

Informal: whiz.

Slang: crackerjack.

Chiefly British: dab.

Translations

خَبِير، مَاهِر، حَاذِق

obratnýodborník

dygtigekspert

geschicktMeisterMeisterin

επιδέξιος

expertaexperto

expertexpert àhabileadroit

fær, afburîasnjallsérfræîingur; snillingur

espertocampione

ekspertassumanusžinovas

ekspertsizveicīgslietpratējslietpratīgs

bekwaamdeskundigeexpert

adeptekspertmestermesterlig

ekspertekspertkamistrzmistrzyni

учёный

ustabecerikliehilmahir

专家擅长于熟练的

adept

A. [əˈdept] ADJ → experto, hábil, ducho (at, in en)

B. [ˈædept] N → experto/a m/f, maestro/a m/f
to be an adept at sth/at doing sth → ser experto or maestro en algo/en hacer algo

adept

[əˈdɛpt] adj → expert(e)
to be adept at sth → être expert(e) à qch, être expert(e) en qch
to be adept at doing sth → être très doué(e) pour faire qch

adept

n (form) → Meister(in) m(f), → Experte m, → Expertin f (→ in, at in +dat)

adj → geschickt (→ in, at in +dat); she’s quite adept at that sort of thing → sie hat ein Talent dafür

adept

[ˈædɛpt]

1. adj adept in or at sth/at doing sth → abile or esperto/a in qc/nel fare qc

2. n adept (in, at) → esperto/a (in)

adept

(əˈdept) adjective

highly skilled. He's very adept at keeping his balance. vaardig خَبِير، مَاهِر، حَاذِق умел competente obratný geschickt dygtig επιδέξιοςexperto, diestro vilunud ماهر taitava expertמיומן, מומחה माहिर vješt ügyes ahli, mahir fær, afburðasnjall abile, esperto 熟達した 숙련된 sumanus lietpratīgs; izveicīgs mahir behendigmesterlig, dyktigbiegły تکړه ؛ ماهر competente priceput, expert сведущий obratný, skúsený izurjen vešt skicklig ชำนาญ usta 熟練的，擅長的 обізнаний, досвідчений فاضل ، پُختہ کار giỏi 熟练的，擅长于

(ˈӕdept) noun

an expert. kundige خَبِير، مَاهِر، حَاذِق познавач especialista odborník der/die Meister(in) ekspert δεξιοτέχνης, ειδικόςexperto, perito asjatundja, ekspert کارشناس taitava henkilö expert, erte מומחה माहिर stručnjak szakértő pakar sérfræðingur; snillingur esperto 達人 숙련자 žinovas, ekspertas lietpratējs; eksperts pakar meestermester, ekspertznawca كار پيژندونكي especialista expert знаток; эксперт odborník, -čka izvedenec stručnjak expert ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ usta 專家 знавець; експерт ماہر người lão luyện 专家