Adept
adjective
Very skilled or proficient at something.
She became adept at cutting her own hair during the lockdown.
Often appears as...
- adept at
- become adept
noun
A person who is very skilled or proficient at something.
He is an adept in computer programming.
Often appears as...
- an adept in
- prove an adept
adjective
Very skilled or proficient at something.
She became adept at cutting her own hair during the lockdown.
Often appears as...
- adept at
- become adept
noun
A person who is very skilled or proficient at something.
He is an adept in computer programming.
Often appears as...
- an adept in
- prove an adept
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Adept has a positive tone, suggesting respect for someone's skills or proficiency.
After years of practice, he was adept at playing the piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Complimentary Usage
Use 'adept' to compliment someone's ability in a specific skill or activity.
Marie is adept at solving complex math problems.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Development
Becoming adept takes time and practice; it shows a high level of skill development.
She is now adept at speaking English after studying abroad.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Adept has a positive tone, suggesting respect for someone's skills or proficiency.
After years of practice, he was adept at playing the piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Complimentary Usage
Use 'adept' to compliment someone's ability in a specific skill or activity.
Marie is adept at solving complex math problems.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Development
Becoming adept takes time and practice; it shows a high level of skill development.
She is now adept at speaking English after studying abroad.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Adept has a positive tone, suggesting respect for someone's skills or proficiency.
After years of practice, he was adept at playing the piano.
Pro Tip 2/3Complimentary Usage
Use 'adept' to compliment someone's ability in a specific skill or activity.
Marie is adept at solving complex math problems.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Development
Becoming adept takes time and practice; it shows a high level of skill development.
She is now adept at speaking English after studying abroad.
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Euclid's puzzling...
Flat surfaces behave one way, while positively and negatively curved surfaces display very different characteristics. At first these alternative geometries seemed strange, but were soon found to be equally adept at describing the world around us. Navigating our planet requires elliptical geometry while the much of the art of M.C. Escher displays hyperbolic geometry.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
although I did notice that its calm exterior sometimes slipped and that it occasionally mirrored my own unexpressed emotion. So, for example, if I was angry and had to hide it, which I often did, being very adept at concealing how I really felt, then the voice would sound frustrated. Otherwise, it was neither sinister nor disturbing,
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Chrystia Freeland: The...
These are among the world's most admired, most beloved, most innovative companies. They also happen to be particularly adept at working the international tax system so as to lower their tax bill very, very significantly. And why stop at just playing the global political and economic system as it exists
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How to understand power...
Urban parents demand school vouchers. You may support these efforts or not. Whether you get what you want depends on how adept you are with power, which brings us finally to what you can do to become more powerful in public life. Here, it's useful to think in terms of literacy.
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Jason Silva on Risk PIPE...
risks you know and seeing how how likely it is that you're gonna get killed by the immediate situation that's like immediate primordial assessing of risk but then there's more advanced part of the brain that evolved over time called the neocortex neocortex is adept at
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The interspecies...
What was amazing to me also was they seemed a lot more adept at getting a handle on our language than we were on getting a handle on theirs. I work with a lot of musicians from around the world, and often we don't have any common language at all,
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How women wage conflict...
But I do believe that in today's world, women experience power differently. Having had to navigate being in the less powerful position in multiple aspects of their lives, women are often more adept
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Hyenas Fight Leopard for...
powerful jaws and resistance to bacteria enable them to eat every bit of a carcass even bones they've even been known to raid graves but hyenas are actually adept pack hunters led by a
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Nail-Biting Leopard...
it might be a good idea to move on leopards are the most versatile of all the big cats adept at finding cover in the most unpromising places
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Impala Miraculously...
Leopards are the most versatile of all the big cats, adept at finding cover in the most unpromising places.
Video examples
Euclid's puzzling...
Flat surfaces behave one way, while positively and negatively curved surfaces display very different characteristics. At first these alternative geometries seemed strange, but were soon found to be equally adept at describing the world around us. Navigating our planet requires elliptical geometry while the much of the art of M.C. Escher displays hyperbolic geometry.
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
although I did notice that its calm exterior sometimes slipped and that it occasionally mirrored my own unexpressed emotion. So, for example, if I was angry and had to hide it, which I often did, being very adept at concealing how I really felt, then the voice would sound frustrated. Otherwise, it was neither sinister nor disturbing,
Video examples
Chrystia Freeland: The...
These are among the world's most admired, most beloved, most innovative companies. They also happen to be particularly adept at working the international tax system so as to lower their tax bill very, very significantly. And why stop at just playing the global political and economic system as it exists
Video examples
How to understand power...
Urban parents demand school vouchers. You may support these efforts or not. Whether you get what you want depends on how adept you are with power, which brings us finally to what you can do to become more powerful in public life. Here, it's useful to think in terms of literacy.
Video examples
Jason Silva on Risk PIPE...
risks you know and seeing how how likely it is that you're gonna get killed by the immediate situation that's like immediate primordial assessing of risk but then there's more advanced part of the brain that evolved over time called the neocortex neocortex is adept at
Video examples
The interspecies...
What was amazing to me also was they seemed a lot more adept at getting a handle on our language than we were on getting a handle on theirs. I work with a lot of musicians from around the world, and often we don't have any common language at all,
Video examples
How women wage conflict...
But I do believe that in today's world, women experience power differently. Having had to navigate being in the less powerful position in multiple aspects of their lives, women are often more adept
Video examples
Hyenas Fight Leopard for...
powerful jaws and resistance to bacteria enable them to eat every bit of a carcass even bones they've even been known to raid graves but hyenas are actually adept pack hunters led by a
Video examples
Nail-Biting Leopard...
it might be a good idea to move on leopards are the most versatile of all the big cats adept at finding cover in the most unpromising places
Video examples
Impala Miraculously...
Leopards are the most versatile of all the big cats, adept at finding cover in the most unpromising places.
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Quote examples
Weili Dai
Chinese Businesswoman
It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
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Lee Unkrich
American Director
I grew up loving watching movies, and at a certain point, I started to become fascinated with making movies. Then I went to film school, and I got to dabble with different aspects of moviemaking, and I ended up settling heavily into editing - editing was what I was really adept at, had a passion for.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Bullying leaves permanent psychological scarring and young people become adept at learning what hurts, verbally and psychologically. Looks, personality and status are all easy targets, and particularly difficult to change.
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Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
Mubarak was adept, as were many other U.S.-backed dictators, at playing the sane middle to the 'lunatics with beards' he so often used as bogeymen to guarantee the support of foreign allies.
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Becki Newton
American Actress
I'm blessed that I can leave it to the pros at work and red-carpet events, because I can't say I'm adept. Still, I'm definitely not afraid to take chances when it comes to beauty.
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Jon Voight
American Actor
Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something.
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Ann Reinking
American Actress
I like meeting people from other walks of life and finding out about other worlds, and knowing that I'm fairly adept at one world and really stupid in many others.
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David Perlmutter
American Scientist
Bad things happen. And the human brain is especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important for survival.
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Dominic Grieve
British Politician
Most states, for all their rhetoric in favour of free trade, are adept at trying to manipulate markets to protect and advantage their own producers.
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David Shields
American Author
I don't know what's the matter with me, why I'm so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor.
Quote examples
Weili Dai
Chinese Businesswoman
It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
Quote examples
Lee Unkrich
American Director
I grew up loving watching movies, and at a certain point, I started to become fascinated with making movies. Then I went to film school, and I got to dabble with different aspects of moviemaking, and I ended up settling heavily into editing - editing was what I was really adept at, had a passion for.
Quote examples
Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Bullying leaves permanent psychological scarring and young people become adept at learning what hurts, verbally and psychologically. Looks, personality and status are all easy targets, and particularly difficult to change.
Quote examples
Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
Mubarak was adept, as were many other U.S.-backed dictators, at playing the sane middle to the 'lunatics with beards' he so often used as bogeymen to guarantee the support of foreign allies.
Quote examples
Becki Newton
American Actress
I'm blessed that I can leave it to the pros at work and red-carpet events, because I can't say I'm adept. Still, I'm definitely not afraid to take chances when it comes to beauty.
Quote examples
Jon Voight
American Actor
Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something.
Quote examples
Ann Reinking
American Actress
I like meeting people from other walks of life and finding out about other worlds, and knowing that I'm fairly adept at one world and really stupid in many others.
Quote examples
David Perlmutter
American Scientist
Bad things happen. And the human brain is especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important for survival.
Quote examples
Dominic Grieve
British Politician
Most states, for all their rhetoric in favour of free trade, are adept at trying to manipulate markets to protect and advantage their own producers.
Quote examples
David Shields
American Author
I don't know what's the matter with me, why I'm so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor.
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