"hard skill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hard skills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hard skill (plural hard skills)
  1. A technical skill, not one that is interpersonal. Translations (Translations): käytännön taito (Finnish), umiejętności twarde [feminine, plural] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hard_skill-en-noun-5DqgBzsw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18

Verb

Forms: hard skills [present, singular, third-person], hard skilling [participle, present], hard skilled [participle, past], hard skilled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} hard skill (third-person singular simple present hard skills, present participle hard skilling, simple past and past participle hard skilled)
  1. (live action roleplaying games) As a roleplayer, of a skill that one's character has, to carry that skill out literally. Categories (topical): Role-playing games
    Sense id: en-hard_skill-en-verb-zLXgUux5

Inflected forms

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