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{ "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’." }