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{
"term": "expert",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person with special knowledge, skill or training in something",
"sensetop": "according to an expertexpert in somethingexpert on somethingexpert at somethingexpert in doing somethingexpert on doing somethingexpert at doing something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a legal/security/medical/computer expert"
},
{
"text": "Police consulted their own team of forensic experts."
},
{
"text": "According to our panel of **leading industry experts**, a downturn is inevitable.",
"contextForm": "according to an expert"
},
{
"text": "Experts believe/predict/say…"
},
{
"text": "**Experts in the field** of child psychology warn of the dangers of social media.",
"contextForm": "expert in something"
},
{
"text": "I don't pretend to be an **expert on the subject **.",
"contextForm": "expert on something"
},
{
"text": "Nobody can be an expert at everything.",
"contextForm": "expert at something"
},
{
"text": "You will need to **become an expert **in analysing data.",
"contextForm": "expert in doing something"
},
{
"text": "an expert on managing change in the workplace",
"contextForm": "expert on doing something"
},
{
"text": "He's an expert at getting his own way.",
"contextForm": "expert at doing something"
},
{
"text": "Don't ask me—I'm no expert!"
},
{
"text": "A panel of experts will answer questions from the audience."
},
{
"text": "Experts agree that a balanced diet is the key to great health."
},
{
"text": "She is a world expert on butterflies."
},
{
"text": "Medical experts are predicting a massive rise in obesity-related illnesses."
},
{
"text": "Weapons experts were sent to try to uncover evidence of a nuclear programme."
},
{
"text": "I'm no expert, but I think you should get that cut seen to."
},
{
"text": "The so-called experts seem to have no explanation for this."
},
{
"text": "The article quoted climate experts as saying that we should expect more extreme weather events."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["real", "leading", "acknowledged"],
"… of experts": ["committee", "panel", "team"],
"verb + expert": ["ask", "consult", "talk to"],
"expert + verb": [
"advise somebody/something",
"agree something",
"argue something"
],
"preposition": ["expert at", "expert in", "expert on"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspɜːt/",
"audio": "ex/expert/expert__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈekspɜːrt/",
"audio": "ex/expert/expert__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (as an adjective): from French, from Latin expertus, past participle of experiri ‘try’. The noun use dates from the early 19th cent. Compare with experience and experiment."
}