craft

CEFRB1

/ˈkɹɑːft/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An activity that involves making things by hand.

  2. 02

    verb

    To make something carefully and skillfully.

Examples

  • A painter only becomes a true painter by practicing his craft.

  • We must hand down our craft to posterity.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Intellectual power; skill; art., Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity .

  2. Strength; power; might; force .

  3. Intellectual power; skill; art.

More examples

In context

  • He learned his craft as an apprentice.

  • The craft of writing plays.

  • The carpenter's craft.

Synonyms

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She learned the ancient blank of weaving from her grandmother.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Cognate with Dutch kracht (“strength, power, force”), German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy, employee”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kraft (“strength, power, force”), Faroese and Icelandic kraftur (“strength”).