adept

[US]/əˈdept/
[UK]/əˈdept/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. skilled; proficient
n. expert; master

Phrases & Collocations

an adept painter

adept at

adept in

Example Sentences

the boy was adept at numbers.

He is an adept mechanic.

She is adept in music.

She is adept at cooking.

He is adept at organization work.

adepts at kung fu and karate.

Chimpanzees are adept climbers.

He is unusually adept in mathematical calculations.

He was highly adept at avoiding trouble.

he is adept at cutting through red tape.

She was adept at the fine art of irritating people.

He lacks formal education but is adept at living by his wits.

The child is adept at appeasing her parents' anger with a joke or compliment.

The dress designer was adept at draping and cutting the fabric without using a pattern.

But don't get tangled: Gasol's a key player, one of the most adept power forwards in the league at scoring nattily and moving the ball.

He is adept at treating difficult and complicated disease such as coronary heat disease, hypertention, myocardiopathy, rheumatic heat disease, congenital heat disease and arrhythmias.

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