technical

CEFRB1

/ˈtɛk.nɪ.kəl/

adjective

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01
adjective
Related to practical skills, machines, or technology.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Of or related to technology.

Examples

Because of some technical problem, a movie was shown in place of the announced program.
We offer free technical support for those buying our software.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 2

Also pronounced

[ˈtek.nɪ.kl̩]
[ˈtɛ.nɪ.kl̩]

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adjective

Extra meanings

Specifically related to a particular discipline.
difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
Technically minded; adept with science and technology.

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In context

These technical terms derive from Greek.
Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.
Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The manual was full of blank terms that the beginner could not understand.

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

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

One example of the blurring of boundaries is the growing interdependence of social and technical skills. The sales engineers and the clients' engineers are all knowledge workers.
2006, Asaf Darr, Selling Technology, page 94
By granting the appeal, the court is directly taking on the merits of a controversy that it largely avoided earlier this year, when it sided with Trump on technical grounds dealing with how the challenges to the policy were handled by lower courts.
2025 December 5, John Fritze, “Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump may end birthright citizenship”, in CNN
Its design apparently made for interesting racing, with a challenging climb, technical bends and a finishing straight long enough to produce exciting sprints.
2015, Robert Dineen, Kings of the Road: A Journey into the Heart of British Cycling
It was a technical ascent involving ropework, belays, and protection, and the exposure was great, but there were abundant hand and footholds, and the rock was sound.
2014, Stephen C. Sieberson, The Naked Mountaineer: Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler
This part of the article is going to be quite technical but I cannot avoid it. It's a very complex topic.
2025 April 22, Artem S. Tashkinov, Why Linux is not ready for the desktop (the final edition)

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Origin

adjective

From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”). For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia.

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The manual was full of blank— terms that the beginner could not understand.

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Origin

adjective

The manual was full of blank terms that the beginner could not understand.