experts

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of expert.

   Climate experts presented their findings to the parliamentary committee.

   The museum hired two independent experts to verify the painting's age.

   Note

   A regular -s plural that covers both meanings of the noun: people with deep knowledge of a subject, and players ranked just below master. In the second use the word names a tier rather than a reputation. The experts in a tournament field are there because of their rank, not because anyone has vouched for their judgment.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of expert.

   Note

   Its subject is the one who sends something out to be checked, not the specialist who does the checking: the bank experts every appraisal. The verb is transitive and always takes an object. Because it shares its spelling with the plural noun, that following object is usually what tells the reader they are looking at a verb.

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