skill
Roget-categorie 698
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.2. Complex voluntary action
#698.
Skill
zelfstandig naamwoord
skill,
skillfulness,
address —
dexterity,
dexterousness —
adroitness,
expertness
etc.
adj. —
proficiency,
competence,
technical competence,
craft,
callidity†,
facility,
knack,
trick,
sleight —
mastery,
mastership,
excellence,
panurgy† —
ambidexterity,
ambidextrousness† —
sleight of hand
etc.
(deception)
545.
seamanship,
airmanship,
marksmanship,
horsemanship —
rope-dancing.
accomplishment,
acquirement,
attainment —
art,
science —
technicality,
technology —
practical knowledge,
technical knowledge.
knowledge of the world,
world wisdom,
savoir faire [Fr.] —
tact —
mother wit
etc.
(sagacity)
498 —
discretion
etc.
(caution)
864 —
finesse —
craftiness
etc.
(cunning)
702 —
management
etc.
(conduct)
692 —
self-help.
cleverness,
talent,
ability,
ingenuity,
capacity,
parts,
talents,
faculty,
endowment,
forte,
turn,
gift,
genius —
intelligence
etc.
498 —
sharpness,
readiness
etc.
(activity)
682 —
invention
etc.
515 —
aptness,
aptitude —
turn for,
capacity for,
genius for —
felicity,
capability,
curiosa felicitas [Lat.],
qualification,
habilitation.
proficient
etc.
700.
masterpiece,
coup de maitre [Fr.],
chef d'euvre [Fr.],
tour de force —
good stroke
etc.
(plan)
626.
werkwoord
be skillful
etc.
adj. —
excel in,
be master of —
have a turn for
etc.
n..
know what's what,
know a hawk from a handsaw,
know what one is about,
know on which side one's bread is buttered,
know what's o'clock —
have cut one's eye teeth,
have cut one's wisdom teeth.
see one's way,
see where the wind lies,
see which way the wind blows —
have all one's wits about one,
have one's hand in —
savoir vivre [Fr.] —
scire quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent [Lat.].
look after the main chance —
cut one's coat according to one's cloth —
live by one's wits —
exercise one's discretion,
feather the oar,
sail near the wind —
stoop to conquer
etc.
(cunning)
702 —
play one's cards well,
play one's best card —
hit the right nail on the head,
put the saddle on the right horse.
take advantage of,
make the most of —
profit by
etc.
(use)
677 —
make a hit
etc.
(succeed)
731 —
make a virtue of necessity —
make hay while the sun shines
etc.
(occasion)
134.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
skillful,
dexterous,
adroit,
expert,
apt,
handy,
quick,
deft,
ready,
gain —
slick,
smart
etc.
(active)
682 —
proficient,
good at,
up to,
at home in,
master of,
a good hand at,
au fait,
thoroughbred,
masterly,
crack,
accomplished —
conversant
etc.
(knowing)
490.
experienced,
practiced,
skilled,
hackneyed —
up in,
well up in —
in practice,
in proper cue —
competent,
efficient,
qualified,
capable,
fitted,
fit for,
up to the mark,
trained,
initiated,
prepared,
primed,
finished.
clever,
cute,
able,
ingenious,
felicitous,
gifted,
talented,
endowed —
inventive
etc.
515 —
shrewd,
sharp,
on the ball
etc.
(intelligent)
498 —
cunning
etc.
702 —
alive to,
up to snuff,
not to be caught with chaff —
discreet.
neat-handed,
fine-fingered,
nimble-fingered,
ambidextrous,
sure-footed —
cut out for,
fitted for.
technical,
artistic,
scientific,
daedalian†,
shipshape —
workman-like,
business-like,
statesman-like.
bijwoord
skillfully
etc.
adj. —
well
etc.
618 —
artistically —
with skill,
with consummate skill —
secundum artem [Lat.],
suo Marte —
to the best of one's abilities
etc.
(exertion)
686.
uitdrukking
ars celare artem [Lat.] —
artes honorabit [Lat.] —
celui qui veut celui-la peut [Fr.] —
c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher sonhabilite [Fr.] —
expertus metuit [Lat.]
[Horace];
es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der
Welt [G.] —
heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute;"
[Junius];
if you have lemons, make lemonade.
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