Words / B1

SKILD/skɪld/

Skilled means having the training and practice to do a job well. Skill is already in the dictionary; unskilled is the opposite. Good is everyday and vaguer. Teesside: skilled welders are still short on the contract.

Meaning

Having the training and practice to do a job well.

Examples

• “Skilled welders are still short on the Teesside contract.”
• “A skilled teaching assistant is not a cheap substitute for a teacher on the paper.”

Good to know

a skilled + worker / job. Noun: a skill. Opposite: unskilled. Labour-market news. skilled at / in + noun. Not “skilful” in every advert (skilful often praises a single action).

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