Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.

    If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion

    We called in several experts on the subject, but they couldn't reach an agreement.

    Experte, Fachmann, Fachfrau

    экспе́ртekspért, специали́стspecialíst, специали́сткаspecialístka

    експе́ртekspért, фахіве́цьfaxivécʹ, знаве́цьznavécʹ

    a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

  2. A player ranking just below master.

Examples

625 sentences
  1. Tom is an expert, isn't he?

    Том експерт, так? — deniko

  2. Tom is an expert in this field.

    Том — фахівець у цій області. — deniko

    ruТом — эксперт в этой области. — Wezel

  3. Leave that job to the experts!

    Залиш цю роботу спеціалістам! — ChickenKiev

    ruОставь это дело профессионалам! — paul_lingvo

    deÜberlasse diese Arbeit den Experten. — MUIRIEL

  4. Experts say this isn't always the case.

    Експерти кажуть, що це не завжди так. — deniko

    ruЭксперты говорят, что это не всегда так. — marafon

  5. Experts say it was a difficult process.

    Експерти кажуть, що це був складний процес. — deniko

Translations

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Русский
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person with extensive knowledge or ability:
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person with extensive knowledge or ability:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espe

Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- + *-perior.

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Forms

plural: experts
Singularexpert
Pluralexperts

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Collocations

8 patterns
  • an an expert
  • an expert at
  • an expert in
  • a firearms expert
  • an expert on
  • firearms expert
  • experts say this
  • experts say

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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