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  • What does it mean if a person is adept in basketball?

    For example, ‘He is an adept in basketball.’ However, as times progress, we now regard ‘adept’ as an adjective, thus the usage of ‘adept at.’ The same sentence would now be, ‘He is adept at basketball.’ Despite this, the meaning stays the same, with both sentences telling us that the person is skilled in basketball.

  • Who invented the word 'Adepti'?

    The Latin noun adepti “those who have attained knowledge of the esoteric secrets of alchemy,” seems first to have appeared in the works of the Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus, and later, in the works of the Flemish chemist and physician Jan Baptista van Helmont.

  • Is 'adept at' used more often today?

    According to the Google Ngram Viewer, ‘adept at’ is used more often today. However, we can see in the graph how ‘adept in’ was used more often during older decades, while ‘adept at’ was used more often during recent years. The difference in the trends throughout the years is also evident.

  • What does adept mean?

    adept (n.) "an expert, one who has attained knowledge," especially "one who is skilled in the secrets of an occult science," 1660s, from Latin adeptus (adj.) "having attained" (see adept (adj.)). The Latin adjective was used as a noun in this sense in Medieval Latin among alchemists.

English

Etymology From French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”). Pronunciation 1. (UK, US, adjective) IPA(key): /əˈdɛpt/, /ˈæd.ɛpt/ 2. (UK, US, noun) IPA(key): /ˈæd.ɛpt/, /ædˈɛpt/ 3. Rhymes: -ɛpt Adjective adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest) 1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient 1.1. 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.[…], volumes (please specify volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley,[…], →OCLC: 1.1.1. Adeptas she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon he

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”). Pronunciation 1. IPA(key): /ɑˈdɛpt/ 2. Rhymes: -ɛpt Noun adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adepter, definite plural adeptene) 1. an adept (person) en.wiktionary.org

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”). The adjective is of the same origin, though likely through English adept. Pronunciation 1. IPA(key): /ɑˈdɛpt/ Noun adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adeptar, definite plural adeptane) 1. an adept, skillful person 2. an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science 3. (historical) an alchemist 4. a very knowledgeableperson 5. (by extension, derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared expert 6. a student of a craft en.wiktionary.org

Polish

Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin adeptus. Sense 1 and sense 2 are semantic loans from German Adept and French adepte.First attested in the 18th century. Pronunciation 1. IPA(key): /ˈa.dɛpt/ 2. Rhymes: -adɛpt 3. Syllabification: a‧dept Noun adept m pers (feminine adeptka) 1. apprentice, trainee; novice (person training in a given field or new in a given field) 1.1. Synonyms: debiutant, początkujący 2. adept (person with secret information) 3. (oboslete) alchemist 3.1. Synonym: alchemik en.wiktionary.org

Romanian

Etymology Borrowed from French adepte. Noun adept m (plural adepți) 1. follower 2. disciple en.wiktionary.org

Swedish

Noun adept c 1. a pupil, a student, an apprentice, a disciple Anagrams 1. petad en.wiktionary.org

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