skill
A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
Noun 2 meanings
A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
“Where did you pick up that skill?”
A reusable configuration (prompt) that defines how an AI agent performs a specific task.
Verb 4 meanings
To set apart; separate.
To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.
Etymology
From Middle English skill, skille (also schil, schile), from Old Norse skil (“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *skilją (“separation, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”).
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SKILL at a glance
SKILL has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + K 5 + I 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,457 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with skill
All rhymesOne letter away
- STILL5
- SKULL9
- SPILL7
- SHILL8
- SWILL8
- SKELL9
- SKIRL9
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