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skill sets

skill sets is the plural of skill set.

Meaning of skill set

Noun

skill set (plural skill sets)

  1. A set of skills.
  2. The skills needed to accomplish a specified task or perform a given function.
    • But after the Scottish Parliament gained reponsibility for the ScotRail franchise, it decided in 2015 to separate what is now known as the Caledonian Sleeper services from the overall contract in the belief that a different skill set was needed to promote the trains.2020 July 1, Industry Insider, “An overnight success?”, in Rail, page 61

Questions about skill sets

What is skill sets the plural of?
Skill sets is the plural of skill set.

Words near skill sets in the dictionary

  1. skill monkey
  2. skill monkeys
  3. skill point
  4. skill points
  5. skill set
  6. skill sets
  7. skill shot
  8. skill shots
  9. skill tester
  10. skill testers
  11. skill tree

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