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"word": "умел"
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"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "bekwaam"
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"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "pätevä"
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{
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"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "asiantunteva"
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"sense": "well skilled",
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"word": "kaiaka"
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"roman": "znájuščij",
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"word": "зна́ющий"
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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",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "специалист"
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"roman": "poznavač",
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"word": "познавач"
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"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "熟練的人"
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"roman": "shúliàn de ren",
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"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "專家"
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"word": "adepto"
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"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "asiantuntija"
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"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "szakértő"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "mestere valaminek"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umel",
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"word": "умел"
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"roman": "vešt",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "вещ"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "opiten",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "опитен"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "kadǎ́ren",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "кадъ́рен"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "擅長"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàncháng",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "擅长"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "熟練"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shúliàn",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "熟练"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "znalý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "schopný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "kvalifikovaný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "bekwaam"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "pätevä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "asiantunteva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "expert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "geschickt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "fähig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "geübt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "befähigt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "erfahren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "versiert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "bewandert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "eingeweiht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "kundig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "gewandt"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pravīṇ",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "प्रवीण"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "szakértő"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "kaiaka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "biegły"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "adepto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "znájuščij",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "зна́ющий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svéduščij",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "све́дущий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ópytnyj",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "о́пытный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umélyj",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "уме́лый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "experto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "hábil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "skicklig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "becerikli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "mahir"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "usta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well skilled",
"word": "ehil"
}
],
"word": "adept"
}
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"English terms with audio links",
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"2": "fr",
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},
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"name": "uder"
},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "adeptus",
"4": "",
"5": "who has achieved"
},
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"name": "uder"
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{
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"2": "adipisci",
"3": "",
"4": "to attain"
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"form": "adepts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
"word": "aptitude"
}
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{
"text": "adepts in philosophy"
},
{
"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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"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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"One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient"
],
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"proficient",
"proficient"
]
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/əˈdɛpt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US",
"adjective"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈæd.ɛpt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US",
"adjective"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈæd.ɛpt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US",
"noun"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ædˈɛpt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US",
"noun"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛpt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-adept.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/En-us-adept.ogg/En-us-adept.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/En-us-adept.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "specialist",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "специалист"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poznavač",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "познавач"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "熟練的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shúliàn de ren",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "熟练的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "專家"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuānjiā",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "专家"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "expert"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mistr"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "expert"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "deskundige"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "adepto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"word": "asiantuntija"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "expert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Meister"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pravīṇ",
"sense": "one fully skilled or well versed in anything",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "प्रवीण"
},
{
"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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