skill

CEFRA1

/skɪl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The ability to do something well.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A reusable configuration (prompt) that defines how an AI agent performs a specific task.

Examples

  • She has improved her skill in cooking recently.

  • The job requires skill and an eye for detail.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [skiːo̯]
  • [skiːʊ̯]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

  2. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.

  3. Knowledge; understanding.

More examples

In context

  • We cannot but wonder at his skill in skiing.

  • Doing that coaching course not only taught me useful skills on the field, but also some important life skills.

  • Where did you pick up that skill?

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Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

After years of practice, she had developed great blank in playing the violin.

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

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Origin

noun

From Middle English skill, skille (also schil, schile), from Old Norse skil (“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *skilją (“separation, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skel (“a separation, boundary, divide”), Swedish skäl (“reason”), Dutch verschil (“difference”) and schillen (“to separate the outer layer (schil) from the product”, verb).