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English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛpt|-ɛpt

Adjective

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

Antonym: inept

Quotations

1837-1839: Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
:Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.

Noun

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

Quotations

1841: Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge
:When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept, that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.
1894-95: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
: Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.

Translations

Spanish: experto , experta

Related terms

apt
aptitude

Anagrams

pated
taped

References

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Adept \A*dept"\, n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), ?he who
has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive ?at, to
obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.]
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient;
as, adepts in philosophy.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Adept \A*dept"\, a.
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
[1913 Webster]

Beaus adept in everything profound. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet adept
adj : 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: expert, good, practiced,
proficient, skillful, skilful]
n : someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius,
hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard,
wiz]

Moby Dictionary
Admirable Crichton , Daedalian , able , accomplished , adept in ,
adroit , anthroposophist , apt , artisan , artist , artistic ,
at home in , attache , authoritative , authority , bravura , brilliant ,
cabalist , clean , clever , connaisseur , connoisseur , consultant ,
coordinated , cordon bleu , crack , crack shot , crackerjack ,
craftsman , cunning , cute , dabster , daedal , dead shot , deft ,
dexterous , dextrous , diplomat , diplomatic , diplomatist ,
elder statesman , esoteric , excellent , experienced hand , expert ,
expert at , expert consultant , fancy , good , good at , goodish ,
graceful , graduate , handy , handy at , handy man , ingenious ,
journeyman , magisterial , mahatma , marksman , master , master of ,
masterful , masterly , mystagogue , mystic , neat , no mean , no slouch ,
old hand , past master , polished , politic , politician , pro ,
professional , professor , proficient , proficient in , quick ,
quite some , ready , resourceful , savant , shark , sharp , skilled ,
skilled in , skillful , slick , some , specialist , statesman ,
statesmanlike , strong in , stylish , supernaturalist , tactful ,
technical adviser , technician , the compleat , the complete ,
theosophist , transcendentalist , up on , versed , versed in , virtuoso ,
well up on , well-done , well-versed , whiz , wizard , workmanlike ,
yogi , yogin , yogist

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