SKILLS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Skill

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Old English scele ‘knowledge’, from Old Norse skil ‘discernment, knowledge’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: skɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

the ability to do something well

Short Definition:

ability to do something well

Examples:
  • it was difficult work, taking great skill

Word: Skill

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: skɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

train (a worker) to do a particular task

Short Definition:

train worker to do particular task

Examples:
  • training firms are already seeing a boost from companies looking to skill employees in cloud technologies

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