Crossword clues for expertise
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
expertise
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
draw on sb's expertise (=expert knowledge and experience)
▪ Now we can draw on the expertise of some of the most talented network engineers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
▪ This has enabled M.P.s to build up considerable expertise in their chosen fields.
▪ But access to the sites where arctic-alpines grew often demands considerable rock-climbing expertise, so Evan touches upon our world again.
▪ Reyntiens' considerable technical expertise is at one with his imagination.
▪ Teachers have already developed considerable expertise within the classroom to provide a good basis upon which to build effective communication outside.
▪ An effective choice of emergency surgical procedure may require considerable surgical expertise.
▪ A number of foreign banks have developed considerable expertise in the area of project finance.
▪ We have invested considerable resources and expertise to ensure a superior brewing process for Kaliber.
financial
▪ Cade could provide for both the Crown and its debtors credit and financial expertise.
▪ To start with, the management team combines vision, technical savvy, financial acumen and expertise in the area of entertainment.
▪ In times of financial stringency and the adoption of Value for Money strategies in government those with financial expertise may acquire power.
▪ Assistance is provided through financial expertise, technical abilities, and management expertise.
▪ Earlier plans to have a full-time member with financial expertise or to take charge of relations with Area Boards had been abandoned.
▪ Not all voluntary organisations have the resource to develop financial management expertise and this can obviously pose problems in administering schemes.
great
▪ Where window-glazing repairs were concerned, Timothy turned to Kent Blaxill, a Colchester firm with great expertise.
▪ Many administrators develop great expertise within their specialized areas.
▪ They will have a great deal of expertise to offer within the administrative support function.
▪ Instead, proposals have involved moving him to his area of greatest expertise as public works director.
▪ Mr. Hogg My hon. Friend brings a great deal of expertise to bear on this issue.
▪ First, it may appear as if the legitimacy of an authority rests on its greater expertise.
▪ She learned to control these manoeuvres with great expertise.
▪ Feeding little and often with loose feed sounds like a simple exercise that requires no great thought or expertise.
managerial
▪ The Bush team's depth of managerial expertise has been rightly praised.
▪ And unlike traditional managerial expertise, most managers and leaders have neither learned nor experienced these skills yet.
▪ A considerable injection of resources will be required to provide the managerial and technological expertise called for in the White Paper.
▪ This is especially true if the company is looking for key managerial expertise or rare technical skills.
medical
▪ She patches Max up and makes it known that she desperately needs his medical expertise.
▪ Among those attending the conference this week is Robert Galler, a man who had no medical expertise until tragedy struck.
▪ He was willing to give time, as well as his medical expertise, to their troubles and this they warmly appreciated.
▪ Doctors may not, for example, be happy with, interference in their work by somebody who lacks their medical expertise.
▪ Again, the medical profession will argue that an individual without medical expertise can not pass judgement on their performance.
necessary
▪ We should be allowed to get on with the training and leave the generation of profit to those with the necessary expertise.
▪ Outside contractors will supply the necessary expertise in the emerging global organization.
▪ However, even if this were permitted, the necessary expertise for contracting is unlikely to be available at the local level.
▪ M.P.s may lack the necessary expertise to scrutinise it effectively and may lack the necessary independent information. 4.
▪ Treatment should be co-ordinated at cystic fibrosis centres or clinics, where the necessary expertise is to hand.
▪ Mr Osborne claims that private hospitals do not have the necessary expertise when the need arises.
particular
▪ There is particular expertise in computing applications, especially those using large data sets.
▪ Solicitors in the north and west will no longer brief London barristers except in matters in which such barristers profess particular expertise.
▪ It is even unclear whether the individual contributors see their particular expertise being subsumed into this new academic category.
▪ Specialised assignments were often given to smaller firms offering particular expertise in that sector, with generally good results.
▪ Given time available to train new staff it is not necessary to keep more than a nucleus in that particular expertise.
▪ For some reason, in the presence of death they stayed insulated and immersed in the exercise of their own particular expertise.
professional
▪ The councillors themselves often had professional expertise in the detail of local government services.
▪ You will get a good sense of his professional expertise, as well as determining whether the chemistry is right.
▪ Many people who are admired for their career success and professional expertise feel a failure.
▪ It is for the teachers, drawing on their professional knowledge and expertise, to use the materials appropriate for their pupils.
▪ It stressed the need to work ecumenically to help the churches to overcome their lack of funds and professional expertise.
▪ Whatever his original professional expertise, the Profitboss professes to only one now.
▪ These are all areas in which a solicitor offers professional expertise and practical advice - as well as support and comfort.
▪ Similarly, in local government the tradition that senior officers are specialists with professional expertise has been questioned.
scientific
▪ We are essentially a project-oriented technical organisation offering scientific and technical expertise in given fields.
▪ Generally speaking, self-sufficiency in scientific and technological expertise is a characteristic of all industrial countries, large and small.
special
▪ I would also stress that I do not claim any special archival expertise.
▪ Oppenheimer seems to have absolved himself for lack of special expertise in ethics.
▪ Many scientists are active in such groups in Northern Ireland and a significant proportion of them bring special expertise to their organisations.
▪ Their status and rewards are, like those of many other social groups, achieved through acquiring special forms of expertise.
▪ For Ure, however, special expertise is less important than the essentials of contact and clout.
specialist
▪ Their role will be to provide specialist expertise in this area for the profession on a full-time basis.
▪ Successful nominees to the committee contribute greatly to the Trust's work, offering a wealth of specialist expertise and experience.
▪ It has developed specialist expertise in the Management of Technology as well as in Business Development.
▪ Such forms of control suffer from many of the problems already detailed, particularly lack of specialist expertise.
▪ The only justification for sub-contracting is if you need to hire in some specialist expertise on a temporary basis.
technical
▪ Far better, he argues, would be a system in which governments choose firms according to their technical expertise.
▪ It also identified a list of competencies that it said rivaled technical expertise in their importance.
▪ They also require the technical expertise relevant to a particular branch of engineering.
▪ The former skills were more consistent with their notions of being sales leader; they were sharing their technical expertise with others.
▪ Ashton demonstrated Harlequin's technical expertise when he was transformed into Colas, a farmer, dancing with his shepherd's crook.
▪ Jim Wolf brings the technical expertise.
▪ They might be asked to contribute information to a careers programme, or technical expertise to a science lesson.
■ VERB
acquire
▪ Graduates of this course will acquire such expertise, together with the capacity to communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries.
▪ To be successful, a former member must have served on an influential committee and acquired expertise on controversial issues.
▪ The project is intended to begin to explore these possibilities by examining the extent to which expert systems can acquire human expertise.
▪ Their status and rewards are, like those of many other social groups, achieved through acquiring special forms of expertise.
apply
▪ In 1935 he joined the advertising agency Young and Rubicam to apply his academic expertise to practical matters.
bring
▪ Last year the government introduced a number of tax concessions to bring private capital and expertise into the hotel and tourism sectors.
▪ We keep talking about bringing our expertise here.
▪ We should spend more time trying to bring whatever expertise we may have to bear on the subject in question.
▪ Jim Wolf brings the technical expertise.
▪ Many scientists are active in such groups in Northern Ireland and a significant proportion of them bring special expertise to their organisations.
▪ It brings the expertise of highly-qualified professionals to a wide range of research projects.
▪ The Institute has a key role to play in bringing the expertise of transport professionals to bear on this issue.
build
▪ This has enabled M.P.s to build up considerable expertise in their chosen fields.
▪ It is essential that their successes are acknowledged and that Compact development builds on their expertise.
develop
▪ Professor Brown had developed an expertise for predicting how much lava is stored in a volcano.
▪ This involves developing critical expertise in scalable computing areas such as components, interconnects, computing architectures, and systems software.
▪ In some areas fundholders had formed liaison groups and were meeting regularly to share experiences and develop their collective expertise.
▪ This helps develop expertise, resources, and competition in the private sector and so facilitates the development of commercial services.
▪ The Faculty has also begun to develop new expertise in law and information technology.
▪ Many administrators develop great expertise within their specialized areas.
▪ It has developed specialist expertise in the Management of Technology as well as in Business Development.
▪ The latter is established partly because of the expertise it can develop, and this expertise is not related solely to fact finding.
draw
▪ Red Water Arts also draws upon the expertise of other professionals who work with us on a freelance basis.
▪ Our Barings coverage, for example, drew on the expertise of reporters and their news sources on three continents.
▪ Most of these new management teams have drawn their expertise from earlier times with one or other of the major brewers.
▪ Quite often he would draw on his genealogical expertise.
lack
▪ Many old brokers were unable to become independent advisers because they lacked the expertise and resources to win authorisation.
▪ You may see areas where you have responsibilities but in fact lack adequate expertise.
▪ But certain teachers may lack the competence and expertise to avoid controversy completely.
▪ M.P.s may lack the necessary expertise to scrutinise it effectively and may lack the necessary independent information. 4.
▪ Doctors may not, for example, be happy with, interference in their work by somebody who lacks their medical expertise.
need
▪ To choose the right fund you either need serious expertise in the area or a decent adviser.
▪ Tandem, like other hardware-based firms, now needed software expertise to sell its hardware.
▪ Almost half of officers who train at Sandhurst need such expertise.
▪ She patches Max up and makes it known that she desperately needs his medical expertise.
▪ Hence, subject and support teachers will need to develop expertise in modifying curriculum materials and managing behaviour problems.
▪ If we need outside expertise it is because the experience can not be readily found in that country.
▪ The only exception is when you need unique expertise not required on a permanent basis.
offer
▪ Specialised assignments were often given to smaller firms offering particular expertise in that sector, with generally good results.
▪ In central government we have, for example, the Central Statistical Office offering statistical expertise. 2.
▪ The other important innovation was the rise of the professional opinion research agency offering its services and expertise in opinion polling.
▪ Jonathan Webb ran some distance to offer his expertise as a surgeon.
▪ We are essentially a project-oriented technical organisation offering scientific and technical expertise in given fields.
▪ Those which trade generally tend to offer technical expertise and support service that includes training facilities and delivery.
possess
▪ The scientists reassigned to the survey possess expertise in areas such as population dynamics, physiology, animal behavior, habitats and biodiversity.
▪ Lawyers and accountants, for example, exercise substantial influence over those who do not possess similar expertise.
▪ Nevertheless, many bishops continued to possess legal expertise, and it is not surprising that they made use of their knowledge.
▪ In other technical areas, despite not personally possessing relevant expertise, judges are fully prepared to determine questions of professional competence.
provide
▪ Their role will be to provide specialist expertise in this area for the profession on a full-time basis.
▪ Nasdaq provided the expertise for Rasdaq.
▪ Hairdressing for the show was carried out by stylists from Charles Kivlin, and Clarins from Jenners provided the make-up expertise.
▪ They provide expertise across a wide range of topics while allowing the students to contribute to the year-to-year developments in experimental techniques.
▪ The third element is the flexible labour force, part-time and temporary employees who provide expertise and skills in response to changing needs.
▪ Assistance is provided through financial expertise, technical abilities, and management expertise.
▪ Professor Hugh Simpson provided expertise in engineering and was the liveliest and most questioning of the three.
▪ Training and experience provide the expertise, whilst company culture and experience shape the attitudes.
require
▪ It does nevertheless require some expertise and the melody line is often set too high for congregations.
▪ Success in such positions requires more than technical expertise.
▪ They also require the technical expertise relevant to a particular branch of engineering.
▪ Although we are all aware of relatively simple security measures such as password controls, doing a thorough job requires experience and expertise.
▪ Such control requires expertise in research and development, production and quality control - and all these require skills in chemistry.
▪ The alternative is a small-scale industry, based on renewable resources - but designing this requires chemical expertise too.
▪ The power of such groups will be enhanced if the organisation requires their expertise in order to function.
▪ An effective choice of emergency surgical procedure may require considerable surgical expertise.
share
▪ They share their expertise to assist the community in planning for, training for, and implementing responses to emergencies.
▪ For us, it means we have a chance to share our expertise more effectively.
▪ They would be available to share expertise, offer advice and provide an informed focus for locally based educational advance.
▪ The former skills were more consistent with their notions of being sales leader; they were sharing their technical expertise with others.
▪ Through joint participation, 13 semiconductor manufacturers from seven countries share knowledge and expertise in ways that ultimately influence the entire industry.
▪ The Network also welcomes registration from experienced teachers willing to share their expertise with others.
use
▪ This enables housing associations to use their expertise in design as well as providing maintenance for the building.
▪ Seminars can be used for increasing expertise, and the application of techniques such as action research develops an information base.
▪ And now, Chlor-Chemicals lis using its electro-chemical technology expertise to protect over 100 ships, including the QE2, from corrosion.
▪ These have been judged from what you tell us in the holiday questionnaire and we have also used our own expertise.
▪ There are two views of the purposes for which corporate managers will use their expertise.
▪ It is for skilled management developers to use their expertise in the management of change to mitigate the worst effects.
▪ During the remainder of the century there will certainly be other similar developments using Western money and expertise.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ His expertise will be invaluable to understanding technological challenges the BBC is facing.
▪ the expertise of trained teachers
▪ The organisation has employees with expertise in both medical and counselling services.
▪ The technical expertise was provided by a Japanese company.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Bureaucracies are often credited with a monopoly of expertise which place them in a superior position to lay politicians.
▪ However, such a development would need nurturing, and there are few people with adequate expertise to nurture it.
▪ In some areas fundholders had formed liaison groups and were meeting regularly to share experiences and develop their collective expertise.
▪ Some of the departments were small and without sufficient staff with relevant expertise in areas it was proposed to teach.
▪ The content validity of individual items may be determined by inspection by some one with expertise in the area of language assessment.
▪ This process demonstrates that your organization has successfully produced something of quality or value solely through its own expertise and resources.
▪ You live and die by your expertise, not your day job.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
expertise
"quality or state of being an expert," 1868, from French expertise (16c.) "expert appraisal, expert's report," from expert (see expert). Earlier and more English was expertness (c.1600).
Wiktionary
expertise
n. 1 Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby 2 advice, or opinion, of an expert
WordNet
expertise
n. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge [syn: expertness]
Usage examples of "expertise".
It is somewhat reassuring that, even though it was extremely well financed and had access to scientific expertise, Aum Shinrikyo was unable to turn botulinum toxin, or anthrax, into an effective bioweapon.
The antiquarian was now a renowned authority on Roman England, though establishing that expertise had been difficult.
Determined that the burgeoning population of young Mexican-Americans will not go the way of other minority groups and eventually lose both their native language and their ethnic identity, they press ever forward with an agenda that deprives these immigrants of the fluency and expertise in English that the past assimilationist and immersionist models insisted upon.
The coroner was a political appointee, and the position required no special medical or scientific expertise, only a tolerance for dead bodies.
His field was ballistics and firearms identification, and while he might have supplemented his findings with those from other fields, he was not qualified in spectrography, which entails expertise in physics and chemistry.
Stile, but none matched his total expertise, Stile could handle a difficult horse as well as an easy one, bareback as well as saddled.
Little girls and their dreams were out of the realm of his expertise but there was something about Billie that would be easy to get used to.
A generalist, a Renaissance man, an expert on the subject of expertise itself, Bowser flitted from subject to subject, from hobby to hobby, mastering each one quickly and then dumping it for other pursuits.
The thought that he was a surgeon in the company of pharmacology specialists, talking about their field of expertise rather than his, made him even more apprehensive.
The author wishes to thank Paul Pottinger, MD, and Philip Yarnell, MD, for their expertise in the fields of, respectively, infectious diseases and neurology.
Jack is a skilled deep-sea salvager, and his expertise will not be wasted because of your past conflicts.
With the expertise of long practice, she spun Claudia around and thrust her face hard against the sandbagged wall of the bunker, snapping the manacles on one wrist as she did so, then pulling both claudia,s arms behind her back and locking the second cuff on her other wrist.
He worked at a rickety little table amid piles of paper and unidentifiable junk, rank, scurfy, soiled and absolutely unconcerned with everything in the world except the expertise of taking one tiny fragment of the remote past and fitting it into another little fragment, and thereby filling that tiny gap in the continuity of the history of the human animal.
In the years she had worked for him, Tintinnabulum and his crew of seven had lent their expertise to Garwater.
Claudine abruptly realized she needed the expertise of this soft-spoken, undemonstrative man who, from photographs alone, had provided enough to back most of her early impressions.