adept

English

Etymology

From French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, adjective) IPA: /əˈdɛpt/, /ˈæd.ɛpt/, X-SAMPA: /@"dEpt/, /"{d.Ept/
• (UK, US, noun) IPA: /ˈæd.ɛpt/, /ædˈɛpt/, X-SAMPA: /"{d.Ept/, /{d"Ept/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛpt

Adjective

adept (comparative more adept or adepter (archaic), superlative most adept or adeptest (archaic))

1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
   • 1837-1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

     Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• inept

Translations

Well skilled

• Bulgarian: умел (bg) (umel), вещ (bg) (vešt), опитен (bg) (opiten)
• Dutch: bekwaam (nl)
• Hindi: प्रवीण (hi) (pravīṇ)

• Spanish: experto (es), hábil (es)
• Turkish: becerikli (tr), mahir (tr), usta (tr), ehil (tr)

Noun

adept (plural adepts)

1. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge:

     When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept, that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.

   • 1894-95, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:

     Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:skilled person

Translations

one fully skilled or well versed in anything

• Bulgarian: специалист (bg) (specialist), познавач (bg) (poznavač)
• Dutch: expert (nl), deskundige (nl)
• French: expert (fr) m
• Hindi: प्रवीण (hi) (pravīṇ) m

• Norwegian: adept (no) m
• Polish: ekspert (pl) m, ekspertka (pl) f, mistrz (pl) m, mistrzyni (pl) f
• Spanish: experto (es) m, experta (es) f

Related terms

• apt
• aptitude

Anagrams

• pated, taped

References

• adept in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑˈdɛpt/, X-SAMPA: /A"dEpt/
• Rhymes: -ɛpt

Noun

adept m

1. adept

Inflection

    Inflection of adept

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	adept	adepten	adepter	adeptene
Nynorsk m	adept	adepten	adeptar	adeptane

References

• “adept” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• “adept” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈadɛpt/

• Audio

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Noun

adept m

1. trainee
2. novice

Declension

    declension of adept

	singular	plural
nominative	adept	adepci
genitive	adepta	adeptów
dative	adeptowi	adeptom
accusative	adepta	adeptów
instrumental	adeptem	adeptami
locative	adepcie	adeptach
vocative	adepcie	adepci

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Swedish

Noun

adept c

1. a pupil, a student, an apprentice, a disciple

Declension

Declension of adept

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	adept	adepten	adepter	adepterna
genitive	adepts	adeptens	adepters	adepternas

Synonyms

• lärjunge