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Skilled

//skɪld// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or showing skill; skillful.

    "In the Ming Dynasty, a man named Zhang Weiyan in Jiangyin, of Jiangsu Province, was a skilled writer. He was quite well-known in his region."

  2. 2
    Requiring special abilities or training.

    "The minimum hourly wage for construction workers has increased to NOK 250,30 per hour for skilled workers and NOK 226,90 for unskilled workers, with an additional rate of NOK 235,80 for unskilled workers with at least one year’s experience in the industry."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or showing or requiring special skill wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of skill form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From skill (noun) + -ed.

Etymology 2

From skill (verb).

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