adept

habile, compétent

Très doué pour faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Very good at doing something.

• He is adept at cooking.
• She became adept at calming upset children.
• Are you equally adept at fixing computers?

Comment l'utiliser : adept at something/doing something (She is adept at finding cheap flights.)

Synonymes : skilled, proficient, accomplished

Contraires : unskilled, inept

Expressions courantes : adept at something, adept at handling, technically adept, highly adept

expert, maître

Personne très habile dans une activité ou possédant de grandes connaissances dans un domaine.

En anglais simple : A person who is very skilled or knowledgeable in a particular activity or subject.

• She is an adept at chess.
• The workshop attracted several adepts in metalwork.
• Even an adept needs regular practice.

Comment l'utiliser : an adept in/at something (He is an adept in the art of persuasion.)

Synonymes : expert, master

Contraires : novice, beginner

Expressions courantes : an adept, adept in something