EXPERTISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expertise mean? 

• EXPERTISE (noun)
  The noun EXPERTISE has 1 sense:

1. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

  Familiarity information: EXPERTISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPERTISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

expertise; expertness

Hypernyms ("expertise" is a kind of...):

skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expertise"):

professionalism (the expertness characteristic of a professional person)

sophistication (being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject)

Derivation:

expert (of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood)

 Context examples 

The clinical specialist has expertise in the process of case management, consultation, collaboration, and education of clients, staff, and other health professionals.

(Home Health Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)

This data collection enables multiple disciplines with special expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of carcinomas to facilitate the conduct of clinical- and laboratory-based cancer research.

(Annotated Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

FAO's activities comprise four main areas: putting information within reach, sharing policy expertise, providing a meeting place for nations, bringing knowledge to the field.

(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, NCI Thesaurus)

Shared facilities which provide services of a particular area of expertise.

(Core Facility, NCI Thesaurus)

An individual with expertise in the law who provides legal counsel and representation to the individual, company, institution, or organization taking responsibility for the initiation, management, and financing of a study.

(Legal Representative of the Sponsor, NCI Thesaurus)

The board must have at least five members, with at least one with recombinant DNA expertise; at least two members must be unaffiliated with the institution.

(Institutional Biosafety Committee, NCI Thesaurus)

A funding mechanism of NCI to provide underrepresented minority health professionals with the opportunity to gain expertise in research.

(Minority Clinical Oncology Awards, NCI Thesaurus)

A physician with specialized training and expertise in the diagnosis of diseases of the brain and nervous system by microscopic evaluation of the tissue.

(Neuropathologist, NCI Thesaurus)

Groups of scientists who link their expertise and resources in collaborative efforts to address important questions of shared interest.

(Consortium or Network, NCI Thesaurus)

The Center incorporates the expertise and resources from the colleges and institutes at the University of Nebraska Medical Center as well as its affiliated hospital, The Nebraska Medical Center.

(Eppley Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)