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The definition of adept is someone who is very good at a particular skill or activity.

(adjective)

An example of someone being adept at swimming is Olympian Michael Phelps.

See adept in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

highly skilled; expert

Origin: L adeptus, pp. of adipisci, to arrive at < ad-, to + apisci, to pursue, attain: used in ML of alchemists claiming to have arrived at the philosopher's stone

noun

adept a person who is highly skilled in some field of knowledge or work; expert

Related Forms:

adeptly adverb
adeptness noun

See adept in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Very skilled. See Synonyms at proficient.

noun (ădˈĕptˌ)

A highly skilled person; an expert: “The adepts in Washington mean to give rather than to take” (Lewis H. Lapham).

Origin:

Origin: Latin adeptus

Origin: , past participle of adipīscī, to attain

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + apīscī, to grasp

Related Forms:

a·deptˈly adverb

a·deptˈness noun

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