Dictionary Entry
skill
skill is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
- 2noun
Knowledge; understanding.
- 3noun
The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
- 4noun
Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
- 5noun
Any particular art.
- 6transitive verb
To know; to understand.
- 7intransitive verb
To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
- 8intransitive verb
To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.
- 9noun
ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
"the skill of a well-trained boxer"
"the sweet science of pugilism"
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- 10noun
an ability that has been acquired by training
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