Skill
[skɪl]
Definition
(noun.) ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; 'the skill of a well-trained boxer'; 'the sweet science of pugilism'.
(noun.) an ability that has been acquired by training.
Edited by Andrea--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
(n.) Knowledge; understanding.
(n.) The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
(n.) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
(n.) Any particular art.
(v. t.) To know; to understand.
(v. i.) To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
(v. i.) To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.
Edited by Arnold
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Skilfulness, dexterity, dexterousness, aptness, adroitness, readiness, facility, expertness, cleverness, quickness, knack, address, ingenuity, ability.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Expertness, aptitude, #N/A
Checked by Leda
Definition
n. knowledge of anything: dexterity in practice.—v.i. to understand to be dexterous in: to make a difference to signify.—adj. Skil′ful having or displaying skill: dexterous.—adv. Skil′fully.—n. Skil′fulness.—adjs. Skilled having skill: skilful: expert; Skil′less (Shak.) wanting skill artless.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- By St Grizzel, he added, we will try his own skill, who is so ready to give his voice to the feats of others! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mostly they come for skill--or idleness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He would analyze his own machinations: elaborately contrive plots, and forthwith indulge in explanatory boasts of their skill. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They both seemed surprised at my skill. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was a very ingenious device, and Hargreaves deserved the greatest credit for the skill with which he solved the problem. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the overcoming of difficulties he has the same intellectual pleasure as the chess-master when confronted with a problem requiring all the efforts of his skill and experience to solve. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A trial of skill between the police on one side, and the individual on the other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I thought he meant to try his skill, by his manner of declining it yesterday. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The invention of the phonograph has brought music to thousands of homes possessed of neither wealth nor skill. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Ericsson, an engineer of the ripest experience, skill, and attainments, who had then come to make his home in the United States. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It has been used of recent years to designate the skilled horsemen who have charge of the cattle on the great ranges of the West. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The wants of the world can no longer be supplied by skilled hand labour. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is thought by those skilled in the art that it was not possible to have constructed the works of metal in Solomon's Temple without a turning lathe. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The labor of the country was not skilled, nor allowed to become so. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At one time seventeen skilled workmen would manufacture five hundred dozen brooms per week. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A further remark of his is: What the country needs now is the practical skilled engineer, who is capable of doing everything. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They were skilled in the preparation of leather. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The rod of Science had touched the rock again and from the earth had sprung another servant with power to serve mankind, and waited the skilled brain and hand to direct its course. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Miss Ophelia was old, and skilled in the tactics of nursing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In the handling of line work, eight skilled men successively handle each plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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