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Meaning of adept

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  adept
      adj 1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
             "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert
             job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a
             proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less
             skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful
             retouching" [syn: {adept}, {expert}, {good}, {practiced},
             {proficient}, {skillful}, {skilful}]
      n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: {ace},
           {adept}, {champion}, {sensation}, {maven}, {mavin},
           {virtuoso}, {genius}, {hotshot}, {star}, {superstar},
           {whiz}, {whizz}, {wizard}, {wiz}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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