word-vault
Version:
A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
90 lines (89 loc) • 3.44 kB
JSON
{
"term": "expertise",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity or job",
"sensetop": "expertise in something/in doing something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**professional/scientific/technical, etc.** expertise"
},
{
"text": "We have the expertise to help you run your business."
},
{
"text": "It is difficult to find staff with the level of expertise required for this job."
},
{
"text": "They have considerable expertise in dealing with oil spills.",
"contextForm": "expertise in something/in doing something"
},
{
"text": "An outsider will lack the necessary expertise to run the company."
},
{
"text": "Each area of the curriculum should be led by a staff member with appropriate expertise."
},
{
"text": "How could he apply his academic expertise to practical matters?"
},
{
"text": "We need to draw on the professional expertise of a large number of teachers."
},
{
"text": "His technical expertise was critical in developing the business."
},
{
"text": "I have gained expertise in specialist financial areas."
},
{
"text": "The teachers would be available to share expertise and offer advice."
},
{
"text": "They met regularly to develop their collective expertise."
},
{
"text": "This project builds on the existing expertise of our staff."
},
{
"text": "We sometimes have to call on outside expertise."
},
{
"text": "areas of special expertise"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "extensive", "great"],
"… of expertise": ["degree", "level"],
"verb + expertise": ["have", "lack", "need"],
"expertise + verb": ["be available"],
"preposition": ["expertise in", "expertise on"],
"phrases": [
"an area of expertise",
"a field of expertise",
"a range of expertise"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌekspɜːˈtiːz/",
"audio": "ex/expertise/expertise__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌekspɜːrˈtiːz/",
"audio": "ex/expertise/expertise__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from French, from expert, from Latin expertus, past participle of experiri ‘try’."
}