skilled

6 definitions • 7 examples

having the abilities needed to do an activity or job well:

My mother is very skilled at/in dressmaking.

Skilled work needs someone who has had special training to do it:

Nursing is a highly skilled job.

people who have been trained for a job

having the special abilities and experience to do a particular job well:

skilled employees/staff/workers The temporary visas are available for skilled foreign workers.

skilled negotiators/politicians/professionals

be skilled at/in doing sth The highly-successful supermarket giant is skilled at obtaining products cheaply.

skilled work needs to be done by someone who has had special training:

skilled labour/work This is highly skilled work - it can't be done by people we pull off the street.

people who have been trained to do a particular job:

The United States and France are among those with time-limited visas for the skilled.