Meanings
comparative more practiced · superlative most practiced · alternative Commonwealth practised
- Skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice.
[T]he driver was delayed there by a skimpy little woman with a thin piping voice practised in the art of defeating escape from it by a ceaseless stream of gabble.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 26
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
adjectiveskillful after much practice
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἔμπειρος
- ἔμπειρος (émpeiros)skillful or proficient as a result of practice
Hindi अभ्यस्त, जँचा
- अभ्यस्त (abhyast)skillful or proficient as a result of practice
- जँचा (jãcā)skillful or proficient as a result of practice
Latin perītus
- perītusskillful or proficient as a result of practice
Cite this entry
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