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expert - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'expert' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expert [ a.]
- Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery.
2 . Expert [ n.]
- An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning.
- A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.
- A sworn appraiser.
3 . Expert [ v. t.]
- To experience.

Meaning of 'expert' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expert [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Example in sentence:
  • a good mechanic;
  • a lesser-known but no less skillful composer;
  • a practiced marksman;
  • a proficient engineer;
  • adept in handicrafts;
  • an adept juggler;
  • an expert job;
  • the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
Meaning (2):
- of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
Example in sentence:
  • a technical report;
  • technical language;
  • technical terminology