A1verb · transitive · common

skill

skill · skills · skilled · skilling

расщеплять, расщепить, разделить

spalten, sich spalten, sich trennen

To set apart; separateTo set apart; separate.

/skɪl/

» I think if I talked more often with a native speaker, my English skills would improve quickly.

Wenn ich mich öfter mit einem Muttersprachler unterhielte, würde sich meine Fertigkeit im Englischen, denke ich, schnell verbessern.

Думаю, если бы я чаще говорил с носителем языка, мои знания английского быстро бы улучшились.

Гадаю, що якби я частіше розмовляв з носієм мови, моє знання англійської швидко поліпшилося би.

Мені здається, що якби я частіше розмовляла з носієм мови, мої навички у володінні англійської швидко поліпшилися би.

Meaning

7 senses

(transitive)To set apart; separate.
(dialectal, transitive)To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, rare, transitive)To know; to understand.
(intransitive)To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
(intransitive)To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.
(archaic, intransitive)To make a difference; signify; matter.

Examples

802 sentences

I think if I talked more often with a native speaker, my English skills would improve quickly.
Гадаю, що якби я частіше розмовляв з носієм мови, моє знання англійської швидко поліпшилося би.
ruДумаю, если бы я чаще говорил с носителем языка, мои знания английского быстро бы улучшились.
deWenn ich mich öfter mit einem Muttersprachler unterhielte, würde sich meine Fertigkeit im Englischen, denke ich, schnell verbessern.
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Students should develop their reading skills.
ruСтуденты должны развивать свои навыки чтения.
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Swimming is a very useful skill.
ruПлавание — очень полезный навык.
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He's proud of his math skills.
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Tom doesn't have great people skills.
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Origin

From Middle English skilen (also schillen), partly from Old English scilian (“to separate,

From Middle English skilen (also schillen), partly from Old English scilian (“to separate, part, divide off”); and partly from Old Norse skilja (“to divide, separate”); both from Proto-Germanic *skilōną, *skiljaną (“to divide, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skille (“to separate, discard”), Swedish skilja (“to distinguish, differentiate, part”), Icelandic skilja (“to understand”), Low German schelen (“to make a difference; to be squint-eyed”), Dutch schelen (“to make a difference”).

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Forms

skills, skilling, skilled, skilled

Base form	skill · to skill
3rd person singular	skills
Present participle	skilling
Past simple	skilled
Past participle	skilled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	skill
he, she, it	skills

Past simpleLesson

all persons

skilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have skilled
he, she, it	has skilled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will skill

Synonyms

1 synonyms

separate:splitB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

B2CV and cover letter — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form

Collocations

10 patterns

skilled chess player
the necessary skills
is a skilled
a skilled chess
have the skill
necessary skills
skilled chess
skill to do
the skill to
people skills