expert

«expert» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who knows a lot about a subject or is very… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an expert, experts); adjective (expert — very skilled)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who knows a lot about a subject or is very skilled at something. tree →

2) Very skilled or knowing a lot (an expert swimmer). tree →

sense in the lessons

In school pupils learn from experts (scientists, authors, visiting firefighters) and become «class experts» on a topic. In research and media lessons: information from real experts is more reliable, but check who the expert is and what they know. In everyday life you ask an expert — a doctor, an electrician — for things you can't do safely yourself. Phrases: expert on/in/at, become an expert, expert advice, ask an expert.

examples

• They all handle the sword, and are expert in war; every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of dread in the night. (Writings SNG.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• My uncle is an expert on spiders. tree →
• She is an expert at chess. tree →
• Ask an expert before you touch electrical wires. tree →
• After the project, Sam was the class expert on volcanoes. tree →
• Experts say children need about ten hours of sleep. tree →
• He is an expert swimmer. tree →
• Practise a lot and one day you could be an expert too. tree →
• The Caliph took one of the olives, tasted it, and ordered the expert merchants to do the same. tree →

note

Say «an expert» (vowel sound). «Expert on/in a subject», «expert at doing something». Stress: EX-pert. «Experts say…» online does not prove something is true — look for who they are.

In the corpora

• Chatbots can produce made-up cases, books or quotes that sound real; even experts must check them.
• Some tasks are moving to AI, new jobs appear too, and experts disagree on how much will change.
• Some jobs are changing as AI does some tasks, new jobs appear too, and experts disagree about how much will change.
• Some films use real controlled explosions, handled only by licensed experts with strict safety rules, while others add explosions by computer.
• Owls are expert hunters with superb hearing, but crows and parrots solve much harder puzzles than owls.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «expert» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.