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Skilled Highly Skɪld Shortage Training Dealing Difficult Customers

Word skilled
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / skɪld / NAmE / skɪld /
Example
  • a skilled engineer/negotiator/craftsman
  • a shortage of skilled labour (= people who have had training in a skill)
  • she is highly skilled at dealing with difficult customers.
  • furniture-making is very skilled work.
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skilled

(adjective)BrE / skɪld / NAmE / skɪld /
  1. having enough ability, experience and knowledge to be able to do something well
    • a skilled engineer/negotiator/craftsman
    • a shortage of skilled labour (= people who have had training in a skill)
    • She is highly skilled at dealing with difficult customers.
  2. needing special abilities or training
    • synonym expert
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/expert_2
    • Furniture-making is very skilled work.

    Extra Examples

    • Interviewing is a very skilled job.
    • She wasn’t very skilled with the camera yet.
    • They were skilled in the art of war.
    • We have a shortage of technically skilled workers.
    • a highly skilled workforce
    • fully skilled craftsmen
    • skilled at needlework
    • skilled in the basic techniques
    • He was a bookbinder, a very highly skilled craftsman.
    • She’s highly skilled at dealing with difficult customers.
    • Skilled workers can expect to earn pretty high wages after a few years.
    • There’s a shortage of skilled labour.
    • We need more skilled engineers.
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