1150–1200; Middle English skilien<Old Norse skilja to distinguish, divide, akin to skil (see skill1), Old English scylian to separate, Gothic skilja butcher, Lithuanian skélti to split
In 2010, a study at the University of North Texas compared how students retain information literacy skills in a face-to-face class, an online class and a blended class.
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They viewed the ability to sift through all this advice as a crucial skill to learn.
Startup founders must overcome information overload|Walter Thompson|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
These bots offer increasing levels of customizability and complexity to match a young one’s skills.
These three robots can teach kids how to code|John Kennedy|September 17, 2020|Popular Science
Customers can use the company’s skill to order Tide products without having to pull up the Amazon app or go to the Tide website.
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She also asked students to choose a skill and practice it regularly.
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As the steaks are eaten, Mount, who has some skill in these things, brings up the movie.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Conflicts and resolutions were staged with the skill of a chessplayer working out new endgame strategies.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World?|Ted Gioia|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He finishes off the task he has set himself here with considerable precision and skill.
How WWI Produced the Holocaust|J.P. O’Malley|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But one of the reasons why the group has been so resilient, he said, was its skill in utilizing propaganda.
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He traces the history of ideas with skill and care, and he avoids the smug certainty of many contemporary science writers.
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It was about three months after his return that Edgar had an opportunity of finding the advantage of his skill in boxing.
At Aboukir and Acre|George Alfred Henty
All spin without losing a moment and spin 1000 yards in two to four hours according to the skill acquired.
The Wheel of Fortune|Mahatma Gandhi
The musicians give a sample of their skill and seat themselves at the festive board.
Norway|Beatrix Jungman
Hear ye, friend, have ye any skill in the mystery of cordwainers?
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
He asked to see more by the same artist, for he had a keen appreciation of skill in all lines.
Greenwich Village|Anna Alice Chapin
British Dictionary definitions for skill
skill
/ (skɪl) /
noun
special ability in a task, sport, etc, esp ability acquired by training
something, esp a trade or technique, requiring special training or manual proficiency
obsoleteunderstanding
Derived forms of skill
skill-lessorskilless, adjective
Word Origin for skill
C12: from Old Norse skil distinction; related to Middle Low German schēle, Middle Dutch geschil difference