"adept" meaning in English

See adept in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈdɛpt/ [UK, US, adjective], /ˈæd.ɛpt/ [UK, US, adjective], /ˈæd.ɛpt/ [UK, US, noun], /ædˈɛpt/ [UK, US, noun] Audio: en-us-adept.ogg Forms: more adept [comparative], adepter [comparative], most adept [superlative], adeptest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛpt Etymology: From French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|adepte}} French adepte, {{der|en|la|adeptus||who has achieved}} Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”) Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er}} adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest)
  1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient Categories (topical): People Derived forms: adeptist, adeptly, adeptness, adeptship, inadept, unadept Translations (well skilled): умел (umel) (Bulgarian), вещ (vešt) (Bulgarian), опитен (opiten) (Bulgarian), кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren) (Bulgarian), 擅長 /擅长 (shàncháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 熟練 /熟练 (shúliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), znalý (Czech), schopný (Czech), kvalifikovaný (Czech), bekwaam (Dutch), lerta (Esperanto), pätevä (Finnish), asiantunteva (Finnish), expert (French), geschickt (German), fähig (German), geübt (German), befähigt (German), erfahren (German), versiert (German), bewandert (German), eingeweiht (German), kundig (German), gewandt (German), प्रवीण (pravīṇ) (Hindi), szakértő (Hungarian), kaiaka (Maori), biegły (Polish), adepto (Portuguese), зна́ющий (znájuščij) (Russian), све́дущий (svéduščij) (Russian), о́пытный (ópytnyj) (Russian), уме́лый (umélyj) (Russian), experto (Spanish), hábil (Spanish), skicklig (Swedish), becerikli (Turkish), mahir (Turkish), usta (Turkish), ehil (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-adept-en-adj-ripQWbwL Disambiguation of People: 90 10

Noun

IPA: /əˈdɛpt/ [UK, US, adjective], /ˈæd.ɛpt/ [UK, US, adjective], /ˈæd.ɛpt/ [UK, US, noun], /ædˈɛpt/ [UK, US, noun] Audio: en-us-adept.ogg Forms: adepts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛpt Etymology: From French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|adepte}} French adepte, {{der|en|la|adeptus||who has achieved}} Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} adept (plural adepts)
  1. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient Related terms: apt, aptitude Translations (one fully skilled or well versed in anything): специалист (specialist) (Bulgarian), познавач (poznavač) (Bulgarian), 熟練的人 /熟练的人 (shúliàn de ren) (Chinese Mandarin), 專家 /专家 (zhuānjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), expert [masculine] (Czech), mistr [masculine] (Czech), expert [masculine] (Dutch), deskundige [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), adepto (Esperanto), asiantuntija (Finnish), expert [masculine] (French), Meister [masculine] (German), प्रवीण (pravīṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), szakértő (Hungarian), mestere valaminek (Hungarian), adeptus [masculine] (Latin), adepta [feminine] (Latin), tautōhito (Maori), adept [masculine] (Norwegian), ekspert [masculine] (Polish), ekspertka [feminine] (Polish), mistrz [masculine] (Polish), mistrzyni [feminine] (Polish), adepto [masculine] (Portuguese), знато́к (znatók) [masculine] (Russian), экспе́рт (ekspért) [masculine] (Russian), специали́ст (specialíst) [masculine] (Russian), специали́стка (specialístka) [feminine] (Russian), ма́стер (máster) [masculine] (Russian), experto [masculine] (Spanish), experta [feminine] (Spanish)
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "well skilled",
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          "sense": "well skilled",
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          "sense": "well skilled",
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          "text": "adepts in philosophy"
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          "ref": "1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1894-95, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure",
          "text": "Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it."
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          "roman": "specialist",
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          "word": "специалист"
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        {
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "poznavač",
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          "word": "познавач"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shúliàn de ren",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhuānjiā",
          "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
          "word": "專家 /专家"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
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          "word": "mistr"
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          "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
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          "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "deskundige"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
          "word": "adepto"
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        {
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "word": "szakértő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "word": "mestere valaminek"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adeptus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adepta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "word": "tautōhito"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adept"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekspert"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ekspertka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mistrz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mistrzyni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adepto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znatók",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знато́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekspért",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экспе́рт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "specialíst",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "специали́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "specialístka",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "специали́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "máster",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́стер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "experto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "experta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adept"
}

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