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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Adept \A*dept"\, n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), ?he who
     has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive ?at, to
     obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.]
     One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient;
     as, adepts in philosophy.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Adept \A*dept"\, a.
     Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Beaus adept in everything profound.      --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  ADEPT
       Administrative Data Entry for Processing Transmission (mil., USA)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Adept \A*dept"\, n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), ?he who
     has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive ?at, to
     obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.]
     One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient;
     as, adepts in philosophy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Adept \A*dept"\, a.
     Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
  
           Beaus adept in everything profound.      --Cowper.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  adept
       adj : having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept
             in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job";
             "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a
             proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less
             skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by
             skillful retouching" [syn: expert, good, practiced,
              proficient, skillful, skilful]
       n : someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
           champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius,
            hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard,
            wiz]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adept
     Αγγλικά a.
     επιδέξιος, επιτήδειος, έμπειρος
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο γνώστης, ο ειδήμονας

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adept
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     an (l en adept) (q: person)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     (l en adept) (gloss: very skilled)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 an (l en adept), skillful person
     2 an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science
     3 (lb nn historical) an alchemist
     4 a very knowledgeable person
     5 (lb nn by extension derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared
  expert
     6 a student of a craft
     Romanian n.
     1 follower
     2 disciple

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  adept
     a.
     Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
     n.
     One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  adept
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     an (l en adept) (q: person)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     (l en adept) (gloss: very skilled)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 an (l en adept), skillful person
     2 an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science
     3 (lb nn historical) an alchemist
     4 a very knowledgeable person
     5 (lb nn by extension derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared
  expert
     6 a student of a craft
     Romanian n.
     1 follower
     2 disciple

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  adept
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     an (l en adept) (q: person)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     (l en adept) (gloss: very skilled)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 an (l en adept), skillful person
     2 an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science
     3 (lb nn historical) an alchemist
     4 a very knowledgeable person
     5 (lb nn by extension derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared
  expert
     6 a student of a craft
     Swedish n.
     c a pupil, a student, an apprentice, a disciple

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adept
     Romania n.
     seuraaja (ideologian, liikkeen)
     Ruotsi n.
     oppipoika, aloittelija

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adept
     n.
     1 lärjunge i hemlig orden eller liknande
     2 lärjunge, elev i allmän betydelse, t.ex. i sportsammanhang

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Adept
     Tyska n.
     adept

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  adept
     n.
     1 lärjunge i hemlig orden eller liknande
     2 lärjunge, elev i allmän betydelse, t.ex. i sportsammanhang

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Adept /aˈdɛpt/ 
  adepte
  jemand, der in eine geheime Wissenschaft oder Kunst (wie zum Beispiel Alchemie) eingeweiht ist

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-pol ]


  Adept /aˈdɛpt/ 
  1. adept 2.
  jemand, der in eine geheime Wissenschaft oder Kunst (wie zum Beispiel Alchemie) eingeweiht ist
   3.
  fanatischer, höriger Anhänger einer Anschauung
  2. adept, wyznawca, zwolennik
  Schüler, Anhänger einer Wissenschaft

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Adept /aˈdɛpt/ 
  адепт
  jemand, der in eine geheime Wissenschaft oder Kunst (wie zum Beispiel Alchemie) eingeweiht ist

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  Adept /aˈdɛpt/ 
  adepto
  jemand, der in eine geheime Wissenschaft oder Kunst (wie zum Beispiel Alchemie) eingeweiht ist

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  adept /ɐdˈɛpt/
  1. adep
  2. ervare

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Adept /ɐdˈɛpt/
  الخبير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  adept //ædˈɛpt// //əˈdɛpt// //ˈæd.ɛpt// 
  вещ, опитен, умел
  well skilled

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  adept //ædˈɛpt// //əˈdɛpt// //ˈæd.ɛpt// 
  познавач, специалист
  one fully skilled or well versed in anything