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ex·pert

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–noun

1.	a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.

Military.

a.	the highest rating in rifle marksmanship, above that of marksman and sharpshooter.

b.	a person who has achieved such a rating.

–adjective

3.	possessing special skill or knowledge; trained by practice; skillful or skilled (often fol. by in or at): an expert driver; to be expert at driving a car.

4.	pertaining to, coming from, or characteristic of an expert: expert work; expert advice.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to act as an expert for.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME (adj.) < L expertus, ptp. of experīrī to try, experience

]

—Related forms

ex·pert·ly, adverb

ex·pert·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. connoisseur, master. 3. experienced, proficient, dexterous. See skillful.

—Antonyms 3. unskillful.

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ex·pert Audio Help (ěk'spûrt') Pronunciation Key
n.

A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
1. The highest grade that can be achieved in marksmanship.
2. A person who has achieved this grade.

adj. (ěk'spûrt, ĭk-spûrt')
Having, involving, or demonstrating great skill, dexterity, or knowledge as the result of experience or training. See Synonyms at proficient.

[Middle English, from Old French, experienced, from Latin expertus, past participle of experīrī, to try; see per-³ in Indo-European roots.]

ex'pert'ly adv., ex'pert'ness n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
expert (adj.)

c.1374, from L. expertus, pp. of experiri "to try, test" (see experience). The n. sense of "person wise through experience" existed 15c., reappeared 1825. Expertise (1868) is from Fr. expertise "expert appraisal, expert's report."

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expert
adjective
1.	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" [syn: adept]
2.	of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood; "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language" [syn: technical]
noun
1.	a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
expert [ˈekspəːt] adjective

(with at or on) skilled through training or practice
Example: an expert car designer; I'm expert at map-reading; Get expert advice on plumbing.

Arabic:	خَبير
Chinese (Simplified):	熟练的,老练的, 内行的
Chinese (Traditional):	熟練的,內行的
Czech:	odborný; zkušený
Danish:	ekspert; ekspert-
Dutch:	deskundig
Estonian:	asjatundlik
Finnish:	asiantunteva
French:	expert
German:	erfahren, fachmännisch
Greek:	έμπειρος
Hungarian:	szakavatott
Icelandic:	reyndur; mjög fær, snjall
Indonesian:	ahli
Italian:	esperto

Japanese:	熟達した
Korean:	숙달한
Latvian:	eksperta-, lietpratēja-; lietpratīgs
Lithuanian:	prityręs, kvalifikuotas
Norwegian:	(sak)kyndig, ekspert-, dyktig
Polish:	biegły
Portuguese (Brazil):	especializado
Portuguese (Portugal):	perito
Romanian:	expert
Russian:	квалифицированный
Slovak:	skúsený
Slovenian:	izkušen, strokoven
Spanish:	experto
Swedish:	sakkunnig, expert-
Turkish:	uzman

expert [ˈekspəːt] noun

a person who is an expert
Example: an expert in political history / on ancient pottery

Arabic:	شَخْص خَبير
Chinese (Simplified):	专家
Chinese (Traditional):	專家
Czech:	odborník, -ice
Danish:	ekspert; fagmand; sagkyndig
Dutch:	deskundige
Estonian:	asjatundja, ekspert
Finnish:	asiantuntija
French:	expert, erte
German:	der Fachmann
Greek:	ειδικός, εμπειρογνώμονας
Hungarian:	szakértő
Icelandic:	sérfræðingur
Indonesian:	pakar
Italian:	esperto

Japanese:	専門家
Korean:	전문가
Latvian:	eksperts, lietpratējs; speciālists
Lithuanian:	ekspertas, žinovas
Norwegian:	fagmann, sakkyndig, spesialist
Polish:	znawca, ekspert
Portuguese (Brazil):	especialista, perito
Portuguese (Portugal):	perito
Romanian:	expert
Russian:	специалист
Slovak:	odborník, -čka
Slovenian:	strokovnjak
Spanish:	experto
Swedish:	expert
Turkish:	uzman, bilir kişi

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ex·pert
Function: noun
: a person with special or superior skill or knowledge in a particular area —see also expert witness at WITNESS

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Expert

Ex*pe"ri*ence\, n. [F. exp['e]rience, L. experientia, tr. experiens, ?entis, p. pr. of experiri, expertus, to try; ex out + the root of pertus experienced. See Peril, and cf. Expert.]

1. Trial, as a test or experiment. [Obs.]

She caused him to make experience Upon wild beasts. --Spenser.

2. The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. "Guided by other's experiences." --Shak.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. --P. Henry

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed. --Coleridge.

When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon by experience how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting. --Holland.

Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it. --Sharp.

3. An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.

Whence hath the mind all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience. --Locke.

Experience may be acquired in two ways; either, first by noticing facts without any attempt to influence the frequency of their occurrence or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is observation; or, secondly, by putting in action causes or agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, and noticing what effects take place; this is experiment. --Sir J. Herschel.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Expert

Ex*pert"\, a. [F. expert, L. expertus, p. p. of experiri to try. See Experience.] 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.

A valiant and most expert gentleman. --Shak.

What practice, howsoe'er expert In fitting aptest words to things . . . Hath power to give thee as thou wert? --Tennison.

Syn: Adroit; dexterous; clever; ready; prompt.

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