n.

1. Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience. See synonyms at ability.
2. 1. An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body.
   2. A developed talent or ability: writing skills.
3. Obsolete. A reason; a cause.

[Middle English skil, from Old Norse, discernment.]

In sport, a special ability acquired through training. Skill acquisition involves learning to execute movements with the minimum effort to achieve predetermined effects. It is a complex process demanding high levels of sensory perception, integration within the central nervous system, and coordination of different muscle groups. There are many different kinds of skill. They form a continuum from fine motor skills, requiring delicate muscular control (used in activities such as putting and rifle shooting), to gross motor skills, requiring coordination of many muscle groups (used in activities such as running). Some are open skills, performed in an unpredictable situation (such as a football match), with outside factors dictating how and when the skill is performed. Others are closed skills, involving movements which can be planned in advance and usually performed in a stable, mainly predictable situation; examples include performing a handstand, serving in tennis, teeing off at golf, and diving from a platform.

noun

1. Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity: ability, adeptness, art, command, craft, expertise, expertness, knack, mastery, proficiency, technique. Informal know-how. See ability/inability, knowledge/ignorance.
2. Skillfulness in the use of the hands or body: adroitness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, prowess, sleight. See ability/inability.

n

Definition: ability, talent to do something
Antonyms: ignorance, inability, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, inexperience

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n

Practical knowledge of an art, science, profession, or trade and the ability to apply it properly in practice.

A movement dependent on practice and experience for its execution, as opposed to being genetically defined. It is a learned movement and is an essential component of sport. Skill enables athletes to produce predetermined results with maximum certainty, often with the minimum expenditure of energy. Three important components of skill are effectiveness, consistency (the ability to reproduce the skill), and efficiency. See also cognitive skill, motor skill, perceptual skill.

IN BRIEF: An ability that comes from training or practice.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. — John Ruskin (1819-1900).

Quotes:

"Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest." - Epicurus

"To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army." - George Herbert

"Skills are cheap; chemistry is expensive." - Mal Pancoast

"Who has a trade may go anywhere." - Spanish Proverb

"Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation." - John Ruskin

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - dygtighed, færdighed
v. tr. - oplære

2.
v. intr. - gøre en forskel

Nederlands (Dutch)
vaardigheid, bekwaamheid

Français (French)
1.
n. - habileté, adresse
v. tr. - former, entraîner

2.
v. intr. - importer, aider

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Fertigkeit, Können, Fähigkeit, Geschicklichkeit
v. - die FÄhigkeit haben, etwas gut zu machen

2.
v. - helfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεξιοτεχνία, επιδεξιότητα, μαστοριά, εξειδίκευση, επιτηδειότητα, κατάρτιση

Italiano (Italian)
perizia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - habilidade (f), arte (f) manual

Русский (Russian)
мастерство, сноровка, опыт, умение, квалификация, ремесло, талант

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - destreza, habilidad
v. tr. - capacitar

2.
v. intr. - ayudar, servir, importar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skicklighet, händighet, färdighet

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 技能, 熟练, 技巧

2. 有助, 要紧

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 技能, 熟練, 技巧
v. tr. - 熟練, 技巧

2.
v. intr. - 有助, 要緊

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 기량, 솜씨, 기능
v. tr. - 훈련하다

2.
v. intr. - 문제되다, 도움이 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 熟練, わざ, 技術, スキル

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مهارة أو حذق, براعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מומחיות, מיומנות, זריזות, כושר, מוכשרות, אומנות‬
v. tr. - ‮אימן, הכשיר‬
v. intr. - ‮היה בעל משמעות או ערך, היה חשוב ל-‬

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