Meanings
nounskill set (plural skill sets)
plural skill sets · alternative skillset
- A set of skills.First known use 1975
- The skills needed to accomplish a specified task or perform a given function.
But after the Scottish Parliament gained reponsibility for the ScotRail franchise, it decided in 2015 to separate what is now known as the Caledonian Sleeper services from the overall contract in the belief that a different skill set was needed to promote the trains.
2020 July 1, Industry Insider, “An overnight success?”, in Rail, page 61
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 技能組合 /技能组合, 技能
- 技能組合 /技能组合 (jìnéng zǔhé)set of skills
- 技能 (jìnéng)skills needed to accomplish a specified task
Finnish taidot, tarvittavat taidot
- taidotset of skills
- tarvittavat taidotskills needed to accomplish a specified task
German Fähigkeiten
- Fähigkeitenset of skills
Irish riar scileanna
- riar scileannaset of skills
Russian набо́р на́выков
- набо́р на́выков (nabór návykov)set of skills
Spanish conjunto de habilidades
- conjunto de habilidadesset of skills
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APA
skill set. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skill%20set
MLA
“skill set.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skill%20set. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skill set,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skill%20set.
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