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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishskill,skille (alsoschil,schile), fromOld Norseskil(“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), fromProto-Germanic*skilją(“separation, limit”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-(“to split, cut”). Cognate withDanishskel(“a separation, boundary, divide”),Swedishskäl(“reason”),Dutchverschil(“difference”) andschillen(“to separate the outer layer (schil) from the product”,verb).

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Noun

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skill (countable anduncountable,pluralskills)

  1. Acapacity to do something well; atechnique, anability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded asinnate.
    Synonyms:ability;see alsoThesaurus:skill
    Coordinate terms:talent(sometimesloosely synonymous),knowledge,training,education;see alsoThesaurus:skill
    Where did you pick up thatskill?
    With greatskill, she navigated through the tricky passage.
    Doing that coaching course not only taught me usefulskills on the field, but also some important lifeskills.
    • c.1597 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i],page45:
      I have heard the French-man hath goodskill in his rapier.
    • 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, inThe Amateur Poacher, London:Smith, Elder, & Co., […],→OCLC:
      Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond ourskill.
    • 2013 November 26,Simon Hoggart, “Araucaria's last puzzle: crossword master dies”, inThe Guardian Weekly‎[1], volume189, number26, page43:
      Theskill was not in creating a grid full of words, but in producing clues cryptic enough to baffle the puzzler, yet constructed so honestly that they could be solved by any intelligent person who knew the conventions.
  2. (obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
  3. (obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.
    • 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC, , stanzas 4-5,page45:
      AndHowell Dha shall goodly well indew
      The salvage minds withskill of just and trew;
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book II”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      […] This desert soil
      Wants not her hidden lustre, gems and gold;
      Nor want weskill or art from whence to raise
      Magnificence[…]
    • 1902, John Buchan,The Outgoing of the Tide:
      'I kenna whatna man ye are,' he says, 'but ye have theskill of lassies' hearts. Tell me truly, is there no way to win her to common love?'
  4. (obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
    • 1639,Thomas Fuller, “Richard of England andPhilip of France Set Forward to the Holy Land; the Danger of the Interviews of Princes”, inThe Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to theUniversitie of Cambridge[and sold by John Williams, London],→OCLC, book III,page118:
      Richard was well ſtored with men, the bones; and quickly got money, the ſinews of warre; by a thousand Princelyſkills gathering ſo much coin as if he meant not to return, becauſe looking back would unbowe his reſolution.
Derived terms
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Translations
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capacity to do something well

Adjective

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skill (comparativeskiller,superlativeskillest)

  1. (UK, slang)Great,excellent.[1980s–1990s]
    • 1987 June, Teresa Maughan, “Letters”, inYour Sinclair, number18:
      Well, unfortunately for you, my dearest Waggipoos, I'm much moreskill than you!
    • 1991,Wreckers (video game review inCrash issue 88, May 1991)
      This game isskill. Remember that because it's going to sound really complicated.
    • 1999, Andy Smith, “I am wellskill”, inalt.digitiser (Usenet):
      And I amskiller than you.

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishskilen (alsoschillen), partly fromOld Englishscilian(“to separate, part, divide off”); and partly fromOld Norseskilja(“to divide, separate”); both fromProto-Germanic*skilōną,*skiljaną(“to divide, limit”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-(“to split, cut”). Cognate withDanishskille(“to separate, discard”),Swedishskilja(“to distinguish, differentiate, part”),Icelandicskilja(“to understand”),Low Germanschelen(“to make a difference; to be squint-eyed”),Dutchschelen(“to make a difference”).

Verb

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skill (third-person singular simple presentskills,present participleskilling,simple past and past participleskilled)

  1. (transitive) To set apart;separate.
  2. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) Todiscern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
    • 1633,George Herbert, “Justice”, inThe Temple‎[2]:
      I cannotskill of these Thy ways[…]
  3. (transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England, rare) Toknow; tounderstand.
    • 1613, Breadalbane Letters,Documents:
      As for the virginals I have none here thatskill of them, except the young lord.
    • 17th century,Isaac Barrow, “On Industry in Our Particular Calling as Scholars,”
      […] toskill the arts of expressing our mind and imparting our conceptions with advantage, so as to instruct or persuade others […]
  4. (intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
  5. (intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
  6. (intransitive, archaic) To make adifference;signify;matter.
    • 1592, Richard Turnbull,An Exposition upon the Canonicall Epistle of Saint Jude‎[3], London: John Windet,Sermon 5, p. 67:
      So then the whole scripture of God, being true, whence soever this be delivered and gathered, itskilleth not[…]
    • c.1601–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene i]:
      […] I should have given’t you to-day morning, but as a madman’s epistles are no gospels, so itskills not much when they are delivered.
    • 1633,George Herbert, “The Church Porch”, inThe Temple‎[4]:
      Whatskills it, if a bag of stones or gold
      About thy neck do drown thee?
    • 1819 December 20 (indicated as1820),Walter Scott,Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […],→OCLC:
      But itskills not talking of it.
  7. (video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.
Synonyms
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  • (separate):split(call management systems)

References

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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skill

  1. imperative ofskille

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishskill.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skill f (pluralskills)

  1. skill(capacity to do something well)
    Synonyms:habilidade,capacidade
    1. (business slang)skill
      Synonym:competência
      • 2025 June 18, “Liderar e gerir equipas é o foco da próxima formação da Flow Training Academy”, inSupply Chain Magazine‎[5]:
        Assim, têm de ter asskills necessárias para liderar de forma assertiva, estratégica e empática.
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    2. (video games, roleplaying games)skill
      Synonym:habilidade
      • 2009 October 29, Naya M2, “Skill Passivas”, inMetin2 BR para NooBs‎[6], Londrina, archived fromthe original on14 November 2010:
        Melhora o desempenho do grupo, mas preste atenção, o LIDER do grupo deve ser o que tem askill melhor desenvolvida e ser o lvl mais alto do grupo.
        (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
      • 2012 January 13, Tom Extreme, “Mount & Blade Warband GUIA COMPLETO”, inMount & Blade Extreme‎[7], Brazil, archived fromthe original on7 December 2017:
        Os Rhodoks possuem askill “Ironflesh” em um nível maior se comparado a tropas equivalentes de outros reinos o que significa que eles possuem mais Life e são mais difíceis de matar.
        (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
      • 2013 September 2, Sniperr.RKR, “Pro Evolution Soccer 2014”, inZWAME‎[8], Portugal, section #870:
        Achei foi as animações e a velocidade dasskill mesmo perfeitas estão mesmo no ponto e com fluidez.
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