expertise

¹

[ ek-sper-teez ]

noun

1. expert skill or knowledge; expertness; know-how:

   business expertise.

2. a written opinion by an expert, as concerning the authenticity or value of a work of art, manuscript, etc.

expertise

²

[ ek-sper-tahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Chiefly British.

, ex·pert·ised, ex·pert·ising.

1. expertize.

expertise

/ ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz /

noun

1. special skill, knowledge, or judgment; expertness

Word History and Origins

Origin of expertise¹

First recorded in 1865–70; from French: “survey, report (made by experts),” with -ise understood as an abstract noun suffix; expert, -ise ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of expertise¹

C19: from French: expert skill, from expert

Example Sentences

Whether it was Tester’s expertise, the stability of a giant 12-foot board, or the 20 pounds I dropped last year, something strange happened.

From Washington Post

I feel great about the hire, about the expertise at that position.

From Washington Post

The group’s stated goal is to share expertise from the bottom up and fill the gap where existing frameworks don’t quite work.

From TechCrunch

If you have expertise in ad copy creation, landing page design, PPC account structure, measuring SEO content success, and optimizing your on-page content–we want to hear your pitches.

From Search Engine Land

The right tools, resources, and expertise can make the process much easier.

From Search Engine Watch

The U.S. responded to security threats with cool heads and plenty of expertise in WWII and the Cold War.

From The Daily Beast

I had visited distilleries all over the world and reached a level of expertise about the subject.

From The Daily Beast

“There is such a vein of intelligence and deeply steeped expertise among them,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

Police need to direct resources and expertise shrewdly to address these reports.

From The Daily Beast

For Vankor, Russia has all the expertise it requires, as the field is already in production.

From The Daily Beast

This was a well-calculated and popular step, which however did not make much difference from the point of view of expertise.

From Project Gutenberg

And we have traveled the road familiar to many nursing scholars, the road of expertise in objectification and quantification.

From Project Gutenberg

This expertise went on to the extent of two whole days and appreciably more than another thousand pounds.

From Project Gutenberg

Help schools fight drugs by providing them with the expertise and financial resources of community groups and agencies.

From Project Gutenberg

The new principal, Bill Rudolph, also committed his energy and expertise to fighting the drug problem.

From Project Gutenberg

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