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adept

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈdɛpt// adept

adj. very good at doing something, especially because you have practiced it. You use this word to describe someone who has skill or talent in a specific area.

adj. having or showing a high degree of skill or proficiency in a particular field or activity. Typically used attributively before a noun or predicatively after a linking verb.


SIMPLE

She is an adept programmer.

CONTEXTUAL

The adept pianist played the difficult piece without making a single mistake.

COMPLEX

Though naturally talented, he became an adept negotiator only after years of studying human psychology and practicing active listening techniques.

Synonyms
Origin

Borrowed from French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).

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