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Word entry · 5 letters

skill

Best crossword clue

"Learned ability"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /skɪl/Part of speech nounSorted ikllsStarts with SEnds with L2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. ability to produce solutions in some problem domain

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • Where did you pick up that skill?
  • With great skill, she navigated through the tricky passage.
  • Doing that coaching course not only taught me useful skills on the field, but also some important life skills.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Learned ability5 letters
02Practiced ability5 letters

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