adept

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Quotations 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Quotations 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 Anagrams 1.7 References 2 Norwegian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 References 3 Polish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US, adjective) IPA: /əˈdɛpt/, /ˈæd.ɛpt/, SAMPA: /@"dEpt/
• (UK, US, noun) IPA: /ˈæd.ɛpt/, /ædˈɛpt/, SAMPA: /"AdEpt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɛpt

[edit] Adjective

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

1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

[edit] Antonyms

• inept

[edit] Quotations

• 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.

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[edit] Noun

adept (plural adepts)

1. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

[edit] Quotations

• 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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• apt
• aptitude

[edit] Anagrams

• pated
• taped

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin adeptus (“‘who has achieved’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

adept m.

1. adept

[edit] Inflection

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'adɛpt/

[edit] Noun

adept m.

1. trainee
2. novice

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adept	adepci
Genitive	adepta	adeptów
Dative	adeptowi	adeptom
Accusative	adepta	adeptów
Instrumental	adeptem	adeptami
Locative	adepcie	adeptach
Vocative	adepcie	adepci