expertise¹

[ek-sper-teez]

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noun

expert skill or knowledge; expertness; know-how: business expertise.
a written opinion by an expert, as concerning the authenticity or value of a work of art, manuscript, etc.

Origin of expertise¹

1865–70; < French: survey, report (made by experts); -ise taken as an abstract noun suffix. See expert, -ise²

expertise²

[ek-sper-tahyz]

verb (used with or without object), ex·pert·ised, ex·pert·ising. Chiefly British.

expertize.

expertize

[ek-sper-tahyz]

verb (used with or without object), ex·pert·ized, ex·pert·iz·ing.

to study or investigate as an expert.

Also especially British, ex·pert·ise.

Origin of expertize

First recorded in 1885–90; expert + -ize

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Examples from the Web for expertise

Contemporary Examples

The U.S. responded to security threats with cool heads and plenty of expertise in WWII and the Cold War.
Why Did We Panic After 9/11 and Ignore All We Knew About Responding to Security Threats?
Deborah Pearlstein
December 18, 2014
I had visited distilleries all over the world and reached a level of expertise about the subject.
A Whisky Connoisseur Remembers That First Sip of The Macallan
December 10, 2014
Police need to direct resources and expertise shrewdly to address these reports.
A Female Writer’s New Milestone: Her First Death Threat
Annie Gaus
December 1, 2014
For Vankor, Russia has all the expertise it requires, as the field is already in production.
China Is Financing Putin’s Aggression
Gordon G. Chang
November 13, 2014
Bill Clinton courted Mixner and his expertise at the outset of his run for president.
Gay Activist David Mixner: I Mercy Killed 8 People
Tim Teeman
October 29, 2014

Historical Examples

The passage is evidence for Ovid's expertise and interest in law.
The Last Poems of Ovid
Ovid
The large size and diversified operations of the agroindustrial complexes place a heavy demand upon the expertise of management.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria
Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
His existence was becoming more and more barren of expertise.
Royal Highness
Thomas Mann
Elsie French noticed the expertise of her talk; the intellectual development it implied; the passion of will which accompanied it.
Marriage la mode
Mrs. Humphry Ward
This was a well-calculated and popular step, which however did not make much difference from the point of view of expertise.
Royal Highness
Thomas Mann

British Dictionary definitions for expertise

expertise

noun

special skill, knowledge, or judgment; expertness

Word Origin

C19: from French: expert skill, from expert

expertize

expertise

verb

US to act as an expert or give an expert opinion (on)

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Word Origin and History for expertise

n.

1868, from French expertise (16c.) "expert appraisal, expert's report," from expert (see expert). Earlier in same sense was expertness (c.1600).

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Examples from the Web for expertise

Contemporary Examples

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

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

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

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

Bill Clinton courted Mixner and his expertise at the outset of his run for president.

Historical Examples

The passage is evidence for Ovid's expertise and interest in law.

The large size and diversified operations of the agroindustrial complexes place a heavy demand upon the expertise of management.

His existence was becoming more and more barren of expertise.

Elsie French noticed the expertise of her talk; the intellectual development it implied; the passion of will which accompanied it.

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

expertise

Word Origin

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expertise

Word Origin and History for expertise

n.

expertise¹

Origin of expertise¹

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