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

In Whitehall, Cummings has long argued, “failure is normal” while “confident public school bluffers” - rather than people with real policy expertise - reign supreme.

From BBC

The consulting firm produced a report about the product and tapped three university professors with expertise in pharmacology, toxicology and food science to weigh in.

From Los Angeles Times

Scientists, academics, journalists — anyone who has developed an expertise in something other than making money, really — are all sneeringly dismissed as "the cathedral" in Yarvin's writing.

From Salon

He said that "considerable expertise" was involved in planning the excavation, rendering the "haystack much, much smaller".

From BBC

He said: "On numerous occasions we raised our concerns around the care and lack of expertise and experience in caring for Hannah with her complex autistic needs."

From BBC

Related Words

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• facility
• know-how
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