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It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
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Meaning of "adept" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADEPT

From Medieval Latin adeptus, from Latin adipiscī to attain, from ad- to + apiscī to attain.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADEPT

adept  [əˈdɛpt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADEPT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adept can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ADEPT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Adept

An adept is an individual identified as having attained a specific level of knowledge, skill, or aptitude in doctrines relevant to a particular author or organization.

Definition of adept in the English dictionary

The first definition of adept in the dictionary is very proficient in something requiring skill or manual dexterity. Other definition of adept is skilful; expert. Adept is also a person who is skilled or proficient in something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADEPT


accept
əkˈsɛpt
concept
ˈkɒnsɛpt
crept
krɛpt
except
ɪkˈsɛpt
incept
ɪnˈsɛpt
inept
ɪnˈɛpt
intercept
ˌɪntəˈsɛpt
kept
kɛpt
leapt
lɛpt
percept
ˈpɜːsɛpt
precept
ˈpriːsɛpt
recept
ˈriːsɛpt
repped
rɛpt
sept
sɛpt
slept
slɛpt
stepped
stɛpt
swept
swɛpt
unkept
ʌnˈkɛpt
wept
wɛpt
windswept
ˈwɪndˌswɛpt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADEPT

adenopathy
adenosine
adenosine diphosphate
adenosine monophosphate
adenosine triphosphate
adenosis
adenoviral
adenovirus
adenyl
adenylic acid
adeptly
adeptness
adequacy
adequate
adequately
adequateness
adequative
adermin
adespota
adessive

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADEPT

clept
dept
downswept
high concept
high-concept
inswept
intussuscept
open-concept
outswept
overslept
proof of concept
rainswept
rept
self-concept
unadept
unswept
unwept
upswept
well-kept
yclept

Synonyms and antonyms of adept in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADEPT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «adept» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of adept

Translation of «adept» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADEPT

Find out the translation of adept to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adept from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adept» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

娴熟的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hábil
570 millions of speakers

English

adept
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निपुण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بارعون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

адепт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পারদর্শী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mahir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geschickt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

熟達した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

능숙한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adept
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tinh thông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறமையானவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पटाईत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

usta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

adept
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

адепт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adept
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μύστης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedrewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

adept
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adept
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adept

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADEPT»

The term «adept» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.827 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADEPT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adept» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adept» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adept

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10 QUOTES WITH «ADEPT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word adept.
1
Marton Csokas
I'm relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice, but then you get to nine, ten, eleven and to try and make it look realistic all the time, that's not very pleasant.
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Weili Dai
It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
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Chuck Eddy
Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.
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Evelyn Glennie
Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.
5
Ioan Gruffudd
People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to somebody's name and repeating it, cleverly in the first couple of sentences so the name sticks to begin with.
6
Alexander Haig
I think that perhaps the classic propagandists of the - in the Second World War was Winston Churchill. He was extremely skilled and adept at it.
7
Dee Hock
Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future.
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Robert Mankoff
I'm pretty adept with computers and Photoshop for my blog, and I found my style with a conversational voice and an image-ready column.
9
Ian Mcewan
Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.
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David Perlmutter
Bad things happen. And the human brain is especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important for survival.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADEPT»

Discover the use of adept in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adept and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Aspiring Adept: Robert Boyle and His Alchemical Quest
The Aspiring Adept presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy.
Lawrence M. Principe, 2000
2
Blue Adept
THE APPRENTICE ADEPT SERIES Book One: SPLIT INFINITY Book Two: BLUE ADEPT Book Three: JUXTAPOSITION From the Paperback edition.
Piers Anthony, 2009
3
Death of an adept: a novel of the adept
From national bestselling coauthors, Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris comes a dark mystery that will test all the limits of logic.
Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris, 1996
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The Ageless Adept: Perfect Health, Long Life and the ...
" The Adept shares this path with the Seeker in the Seven Conversations of Agelessness. — without pills and drugs! YOU CAN! That's the amazing secret revealed by the Ageless Adept!
A. Seeker, Walt F. J. Goodridge, 2006
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Adept Circle Magick: A Guide For The Advanced Wiccan ...
Adept Circle Magic covers everything a devoted student of the Craft requires to move out of the realm of novice, providing thoughtful and detailed insight into: Invoking the deities Developing intuition The complete wheel of the year Spells ...
Kirk White, 2006
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ADEPT: a heuristic program for proving theorems of group theory
A computer program, named ADEPT (A Distinctly Empirical Prover of Theorems), has been written which proves theorems taken from the abstract theory of groups.
Lewis Mark Norton, 1966
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Change Leadership: Developing a Change-Adept Organization
This concise guide explores the human aspects of change and explains how we, as leaders, can help everyone cope with change and in turn ensure our organization's long-term survival.
Mr Martin Orridge, 2012
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Adept
It's a strange kind of robbery: nothing is missing and the only damage done is to the criminals.
Robert Finn, 2007
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Health Equity and Financial Protection: Streamlined Analysis ...
ADePT can be used to analyze inequalities in infant- and under-five mortality by creating a dummy variable taking a value of 1 if the child died before his or her first (or fifth) birthday.2 To get around the censoring problem (that is, some children ...
‎2011
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Robot Adept
Proton and Phaze, parallel worlds of science and magic, are ripe with the seeds of revolution.
Piers Anthony, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADEPT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adept is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stephen Thompson Aiming for Breakout Performance Against Jake …
... diligently to shore up and strengthen his grappling skills to round out his skills and ensure he's adept wherever his fights may take place. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
2
Kandahar hijacking: BJP says Congress 'adept' at making allegations
“The Congress seems to be now adept in making allegations. IC 814 incident was extremely difficult decision and all parties were consulted on ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
3
Adept Technology to Demonstrate Latest Robot Technologies at …
PLEASANTON, Calif., July 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP), a leading provider of intelligent robots, ... «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jul 15»
4
2015 NHL Draft: Slovak stopper Matej Tomek an adept adapter
In his first season of North American competition, the Slovakia native put forth a stellar season with the North American Hockey League's ... «Along the Boards, Jul 15»
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Stocks in Stealth Mode: Adept Technology (NASDAQ:ADEP), Nevro …
On 29 June, Adept Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:ADEP) shares fell -3.64% and was closed at $6.88. ADEP EPS growth in last 5 year was 46.50%. «Property Mentor, Jun 15»
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Adept Technology Adds Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment Co …
Concurrent with entering this agreement, SMEE placed its initial order for multiple units of Adept's Lynx autonomous intelligent vehicle (AIV) ... «Nasdaq, Jun 15»
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Adept 2015 Takes on Global Collaboration
The newly released Adept 2015 ushers in a number of new concepts in the area of collaboration that in small ways take a page from social ... «Desktop Engineering, Jun 15»
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Company Shares of Adept Technology, Inc. Rally 2.73%
Shares of Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADEP) rose by 2.73% in the past week and 15.91% for the last 4 weeks. In the past week, the ... «The Daily Rover, Jun 15»
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What NDA's attack on IIM autonomy with draft bill reveals: Modi govt …
What NDA's attack on IIM autonomy with draft bill reveals: Modi govt is adept at empty sloganeering. by Rajesh Pandathil Jun 27, 2015 12:40 ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»
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End Of Week Morning Info: Adept Technology Inc. (ADEP …
Adept Technology Inc. (ADEP) from the USA closed up on Thurs with a weekly performance of 6.05% finishing the day at $7.36, up 0.96%. «WallStreet Scope, Jun 15»

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