expert
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈekspɜːt/
/ˈekspɜːrt/
- a person with special knowledge, skill or training in something
- a legal/security/medical/computer expert
- Police consulted their own team of forensic experts.
- according to an expert According to our panel of leading industry experts, a downturn is inevitable.
- Experts believe/predict/say…
- expert in something Experts in the field of child psychology warn of the dangers of social media.
- expert on something I don't pretend to be an expert on the subject .
- expert at something Nobody can be an expert at everything.
- expert in doing something You will need to become an expert in analysing data.
- expert on doing something an expert on managing change in the workplace
- expert at doing something He's an expert at getting his own way.
- Don't ask me—I'm no expert!
Extra Examples- A panel of experts will answer questions from the television audience.
- Experts agree that a balanced diet is the key to great health.
- She is a world expert on butterflies.
- Medical experts are predicting a massive rise in obesity-related illnesses.
- Weapons experts were sent to try to uncover evidence of a nuclear programme.
- I'm no expert, but I think you should get that cut seen to.
- The so-called experts seem to have no explanation for this.
- The article quoted climate experts as saying that we should expect more extreme weather events.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- real
- leading
- acknowledged
- …
- committee
- panel
- team
- …
- ask
- consult
- talk to
- …
- advise somebody/something
- agree something
- argue something
- …
- expert at
- expert in
- expert on
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Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective): from French, from Latin expertus, past participle of experiri ‘try’. The noun use dates from the early 19th cent. Compare with experience and experiment.