skill
/skɪl/ · noun
Meaning
- Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.
- Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
- Knowledge; understanding.
- Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
- Great, excellent.
- To set apart; separate.
- To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
- To know; to understand.
- To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
- To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
- To make a difference; signify; matter.
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