Definition of SKILL

skill

Plural: skills

Noun

  • The ability to do something well through practice.
  • an ability that has been acquired by training
  • ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
    • "the skill of a well-trained boxer"
  • A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
  • Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
  • Knowledge; understanding.
  • Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

Adj

  • Great, excellent.

Verb

  • To set apart; separate.
  • To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
  • To know; to understand.
  • To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
  • To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
  • To make a difference; signify; matter.
  • To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.

Examples

  • Doing that coaching course not only taught me useful skills on the field, but also some important life skills.
  • Playing Scrabble requires not just luck but a significant amount of skill.
  • Where did you pick up that skill?
  • With great skill, she navigated through the tricky passage.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English skill, skille (also schil, schile), from Old Norse skil (“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *skilją (“separation, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skel (“a separation, boundary, divide”), Swedish skäl (“reason”), Dutch verschil (“difference”) and schillen (“to separate the outer layer (schil) from the product”, verb).

Scrabble Score: 9

skill: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
skill: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
skill: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

skill: valid Words With Friends Word