expertise

ex·per·tise

noun \ˌek-(ˌ)spər-ˈtēz, -ˈtēs\

Definition of EXPERTISE

1

: expert opinion or commentary

2

: the skill of an expert

Examples of EXPERTISE

1. His expertise on defense will help the team.
2. her expertise in legal matters
3. While the declared nuclear powers have wobbled in their commitment to get rid of their arsenals, the rise of a global black market in nuclear expertise and materials has made the Bomb more attainable for everyone else. —Michael Elliott, Time, 1 Aug. 2005
4. The English magazine The Spectator employs me as “Dear Mary,” a so-called agony aunt, in which capacity I have over the years gained considerable expertise in various areas of etiquette … —Mary Killen, Atlantic, May 2001
5. Can anyone out there drive a bloody automobile? By driving I do not mean simply guiding a two-ton lump of steel and plastic along a smooth stretch of macadam, but actually steering, braking, and shifting the thing with a modicum of competence, if not outright expertise. —Brock Yates, Car & Driver, October 2001
6. If a company that spends millions of dollars a year on a fancy advertising campaign to brag about its Web design expertise can't steer a motivated buyer like me to a Buy Now button in less than 30 minutes, then what hope is there for smaller, less experienced retail sites? —Michelle Slatalla, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2001

Origin of EXPERTISE

French, from Middle French, expertness, from expert

First Known Use: 1868

Related to EXPERTISE

Synonyms: chops, experience, know-how, moxie, proficiency, savvy, skills

Antonyms: inexperience

Related Words: background; command, mastery; acquaintance, conversance, familiarity, intimacy

Near Antonyms: ignorance, unawareness, unfamiliarity

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Rhymes with EXPERTISE

Ambonese, Androcles, Annamese, antifreeze, Assamese, Balinese, Bengalese, Bhutanese, Bolognese, Brooklynese, Cantonese, Cervantes, Ceylonese, Chersonese, Congolese, cottage cheese, diocese, Faeroese, federalese, fifth disease, Genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides, Heracles, Hercules, Hyades, ill at ease, in a breeze, Japanese, Javanese, Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees