expertise
//ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz//
Forms
- Plural
- expertises
Definitions
1.Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.
- He spoke of Scotland's hydroelectric projects in Africa, local expertise shared with the world's poor.
- Two HIV-positive teens, Jennifer Jako and Rebecca Guberman, had decided to make a film out of their own and other teens' experience with HIV, although they had no expertise when they started.
2.Advice, or opinion, of an expert.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3998
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.
Proto-Italic *parjō
Latin pariō
Latin experior
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin expertusder.