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expert

Syllables: ex·pertUK/ˈɛk.spɜːt//ˈɛk.spɜɹt/

expert adjective: extraordinary capable or knowledgeable.

Adjective

expert (comparative more expert, superlative most expert)

  1. Extraordinary capable or knowledgeable.
    • I am expert at making a simple situation complex.
    • My cousin is an expert pianist.
  2. Characteristic of an expert.
    • This problem requires expert knowledge.
  3. (obsolete) Proven, experienced, veteran.

Noun

expert (plural experts)

  1. A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
    • If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion
    • We called in several experts on the subject, but they couldn't reach an agreement.
  2. A player ranking just below master.

Verb

expert (third-person singular simple present experts, present participle experting, simple past and past participle experted)

  1. (transitive) To have (something) reviewed or checked by an expert.
    • Estimated cost of editorial work on Advanced History […] Estimated cost of experting the Advanced History […]1896, California. State Dept, “Biennial Report”, in Education, page 52
    • The bill in question was one proposing to appropriate from the public moneys of this State $30,000 to pay an accountant for experting the books of the Southern Pacific Company, in furtherance of litigation then pending.1899, Journals of the Legislature of the State of California, California: Legislature, page 470

expert meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

expert in Hindi

extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
दक्ष dakṣ, कुशल kuśal, निपुण nipuṇ, पारंगत pāraṅgat
person with extensive knowledge or ability
विशेषज्ञ viśeṣajña, माहिर māhir, कबीर kabīr, सिद्धहस्त siddhahast

expert in Tamil

வல்லுந‌ர், அறிஞர், நிபுணர், விற்பன்னர், கைதேர்ந்தவர், கொம்பன்

expert in Marathi

expert
वाकबगार vākabgār
an expert; specialist; authority in a particular field or domain
क्षेत्रज्ञ kṣetradnya

expert in Urdu

person with extensive knowledge or ability
ماہِر māhir, مُتَخَصِّص mutaxassis
More languagesFewer languages
expert in Bengali
দক্ষ dokkho, বিশেষজ্ঞ biśeśojno
expert in Telugu
నిపుణుడు nipuṇuḍu, నిపుణురాలు nipuṇurālu
expert in Malayalam
വിദഗ്ധന് vidagdhaṉ
expert in Kannada
ತಜ್ಞ tajña
expert in Punjabi
ਮਾਹਰ māhar, ਨਿਪੁੰਨ nipunn
expert in Gujarati
નિષ્ણાત niṣṇāt, ઉસ્તાદ ustād
expert in Odia
ବୈଜ୍ଞାନିକ baijñānika, ଯୋଗ୍ୟ jogya, ଉଷ୍ଣ uṣṇa, ଦକ୍ଷିଣ dakṣiṇa
expert in Sanskrit
ऋभु ṛbhu
expert in Assamese
পাকৈত pakoit
expert in Nepali
विशेषज्ञ, विज्ञ
expert in Pashto
ماهر māher, متخصص motaxases
expert in Tagalog
dalubhasa, eksperto
expert in Arabic
خَبِير ḵabīr, مَاهِر māhir, مُتَخَصِّص mutaḵaṣṣiṣ, مُتَخَصِّصَة mutaḵaṣṣiṣa
expert in Malay
pakar
expert in Indonesian
ahli, pakar, eksper, spesialis
expert in Thai
ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ pûu-chîao-chaan
expert in Vietnamese
chuyên gia
expert in Myanmar
ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ kywam:kyangsu

Examples of expert in a sentence

  • I’ve written both as a ghost for experts and under my name.
  • The state wants to bring in ten blood-spatter experts to testify. Your Honor, that is cumulative testimony.
  • An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.

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Synonyms of expert

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of expert

Forms of expert

Adjective
comparativemore expert
superlativemost expert
Noun
pluralexperts
Verb
third-person singular presentexperts
present participleexperting
past participleexperted
pastexperted

Plural of expert: experts

Origin of expert

Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- + *-perior.

Words formed from expert

Phrases with expert

Questions about expert

What does expert mean?
Expert means extraordinary capable or knowledgeable.
What is expert in Hindi?
Expert in Hindi is दक्ष (dakṣ), कुशल (kuśal), निपुण (nipuṇ). See Expert meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is expert?
Expert can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce expert?
Expert is pronounced /ˈɛk.spɜːt/ (UK).

Words near expert in the dictionary

  1. experimently
  2. experiments
  3. experimentum crucis
  4. experimentwise
  5. expersate
  6. expert
  7. expert system
  8. expert systems
  9. expert witness
  10. expert witnesses
  11. experted

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: expert (page history and authors); expert (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); क्षेत्रज्ञ (Marathi) (page history and authors); ತಜ್ಞ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਨਿਪੁੰਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઉસ્તાદ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଉଷ୍ଣ (Odia) (page history and authors); expert (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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