skilled

1. 1
   adjective

   Good at doing something because of practice or training.

   Like a chef who can chop vegetables fast and neatly without even looking.

   She is a skilled painter who sells her work at the market.

   The new factory needs skilled workers who can use the machines.

   Similarexpert, proficient, accomplished, adept, able

   Oppositeinexperienced, inept, incompetent, amateurish

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2. 2
   adjective

   Needing special training or ability before you can do it.

   Like a job you simply can't do until someone teaches you the right way.

   Welding is skilled work that takes years to learn properly.

   These jobs are skilled, so the company pays for training first.

   Similarspecialized, technical

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3. 3
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of skill. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.

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