Metier
noun
Something that someone does very well or knows a lot about.
Making clothes is her metier.
noun
A job or activity that fits a person's skills and knowledge.
John has finally found his true metier in software development.
noun
Something that someone does very well or knows a lot about.
Making clothes is her metier.
noun
A job or activity that fits a person's skills and knowledge.
John has finally found his true metier in software development.
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Skill Highlight
Use 'metier' to emphasize someone's exceptional skill in a field or activity.
Designing user-friendly interfaces is clearly her metier.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Metier' often implies that the person not only excels in the activity but also enjoys it.
After trying different jobs, he discovered that teaching was his true metier.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Jobs
'Metier' can refer to hobbies or roles that a person is particularly good at, not just paid work.
Organizing community events turned out to be her metier.
Pro Tip 1/3Skill Highlight
Use 'metier' to emphasize someone's exceptional skill in a field or activity.
Designing user-friendly interfaces is clearly her metier.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Metier' often implies that the person not only excels in the activity but also enjoys it.
After trying different jobs, he discovered that teaching was his true metier.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Jobs
'Metier' can refer to hobbies or roles that a person is particularly good at, not just paid work.
Organizing community events turned out to be her metier.
Pro Tip 1/3Skill Highlight
Use 'metier' to emphasize someone's exceptional skill in a field or activity.
Designing user-friendly interfaces is clearly her metier.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Metier' often implies that the person not only excels in the activity but also enjoys it.
After trying different jobs, he discovered that teaching was his true metier.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Jobs
'Metier' can refer to hobbies or roles that a person is particularly good at, not just paid work.
Organizing community events turned out to be her metier.
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Quote examples
Neil Strauss
American Author
Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.
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Vikram Seth
Indian Novelist
I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
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Herta Muller
German Novelist
Through writing, one experiences something different to what one experiences with the five senses one has because language is a different metier.
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Kevin Kline
American Actor
I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.
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Yves Saint Laurent
French Designer
I just tried to be an artist in my own metier.
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Neil Strauss
American Author
Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.
Quote examples
Vikram Seth
Indian Novelist
I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
Quote examples
Herta Muller
German Novelist
Through writing, one experiences something different to what one experiences with the five senses one has because language is a different metier.
Quote examples
Kevin Kline
American Actor
I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.
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Yves Saint Laurent
French Designer
I just tried to be an artist in my own metier.
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