adept : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adept	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for adept
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adept adj 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" Synonym(s): adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful n someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adept \A*dept"\, n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), [?]he who has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive [?]at, to obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See {Apt}, and cf. {Adapt}.] One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adept \Adept"\, a. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept* in everything profound. --Cowper.