Adept Definition

ə-dĕpt
adepts
adjective
Very skilled or accomplished.
American Heritage
Highly skilled; expert.
Webster's New World

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

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noun
adepts
A highly skilled person; an expert.
American Heritage
A person who is highly skilled in some field of knowledge or work; expert.
Webster's New World

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

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Other Word Forms of Adept

Noun

Singular:
adept
Plural:
adepts

Origin of Adept

  • From French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin adeptus past participle of adipīscī to attain ad- ad- apīscī to grasp

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Adept Sentence Examples

  • It's fine! answered Sidorov, who was considered an adept at French.

  • The French symbolists found an enthusiastic adept in Eugenio de Castro.

  • They have also become adept at playing the game.

  • While Fred, and to a lesser extent Cynthia, had solved cryptograms in the newspaper, neither were particularly adept at it.

  • Introduction Children are remarkably adept at learning new verbal information.

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Words Starting With

AADADE

Words Ending With

TPTEPT

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Words Starting With A and Ending With T

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