expertnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈek.spɜːt/us/ˈek.spɝːt/B1 a person with a high level of knowledge or skill relating to a particular subject or activity:
a gardening/medical expert
My mother is an expert at dress-making (= she does it very well).
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- We need to bring in an expert to deal with this problem.
- He's an expert on 15th-century Italian art.
- Bomb disposal experts have defused a 110-pound bomb at Victoria Station.
- The competition will be judged by a panel of experts.
- Most medical experts believe that breast-feeding is better than bottle-feeding.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experts and specialists
- a mine of information idiom
- academician
- authority
- boffin
- buff
- child prodigy
- consultant
- hotshot
- know sth inside out idiom
- literati
- maven
- natural
- resident
- superuser
- supremo
- techie
- technician
- technocracy
- technocrat
- virtuoso
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expertadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈek.spɜːt/us/ˈek.spɝːt/B2 having or showing a lot of knowledge or skill:
The centre provides expert advice for people with financial problems.
What's your expert opinion?
an expert fisherman
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- We need expert advice, and that's why we've called you in.
- A psychiatrist was called as an expert witness for the defence.
- There is a wealth of expert knowledge to be found in this university.
- At a time like this you need expert help, not just the help your friends can provide.
- Could you cast your expert eye over this plan for me, please, and tell me what you think?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Skilled, talented and able
- able
- ably
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- clutch
- gifted
- handy
- have a nice, good, etc. line in sth idiom
- have inner resources idiom
- have sth down to a fine art idiom
- intimate 1
- practised
- preen
- proficient
- proficiently
- qualified
- resource
- slick
- workmanlike
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expertly
adverb uk/ˈek.spɜːt.li/us/ˈek.spɝːt.li/
He carved the meat expertly.