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skillset

skillset is the alternative form 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

Forms of skillset

pluralskillsets

Questions about skillset

What is skillset the alternative form of?
Skillset is the alternative form of skill set.

Words near skillset in the dictionary

  1. skillo
  2. skills
  3. skills shortage
  4. skills shortages
  5. skills up
  6. skillset
  7. skillsets
  8. skillshare
  9. skillshares
  10. skillsome
  11. skillwise

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