expert

[ noun, verb ek-spurt; adjective ek-spurt, ik-spurt ]
/ noun, verb ˈɛk spɜrt; adjective ˈɛk spɜrt, ɪkˈspɜrt /
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noun

a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.
Military.
  1. the highest rating in rifle marksmanship, above that of marksman and sharpshooter.
  2. a person who has achieved such a rating.

adjective

possessing special skill or knowledge; trained by practice; skillful or skilled (often followed by in or at): an expert driver; to be expert at driving a car.
pertaining to, coming from, or characteristic of an expert: expert work; expert advice.

verb (used with object)

to act as an expert for.

Origin of expert

1325–75; Middle English (adj.) < Latin expertus, past participle of experīrī to try, experience

synonym study for expert

3. See skillful.

OTHER WORDS FROM expert

Words nearby expert

experimental theater, experimentalism, experimentalize, experimentation, experimenter effect, expert, expert system, expert witness, expertise, expertism, expertize

Words related to unexpert

untested, immature, unproved, callow, fledgling, fresh, green, new, unfledged

Example sentences from the Web for unexpert

  • It should not tolerate domination by the unexpert outsider, whatever may be his repute in other spheres.

    National Being |(A.E.)George William Russell

British Dictionary definitions for unexpert

expert
/ (ˈɛkspɜːt) /

noun

a person who has extensive skill or knowledge in a particular field

adjective

skilful or knowledgeable
of, involving, or done by an expert an expert job

Derived forms of expert

expertly, adverb expertness, noun

Word Origin for expert

C14: from Latin expertus known by experience, from experīrī to test; see experience