Added 4 October 2026
skill
/skɪl/ noun
In Latin: habilitas, perītia, sollertia Wiktionary
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A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
Where did you pick up that skill?
- A reusable configuration (prompt) that defines how an AI agent performs a specific task.
- Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
adjective
verb
- To set apart; separate.
- To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
- To know; to understand.
Origin
From Middle English skill, skille (also schil, schile), from Old Norse skil (“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *skilją (“separation, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skel (“a separation, boundary, divide”), Swedish skäl (“reason”), Dutch verschil (“difference”) and schillen (“to separate the outer layer (schil) from the product”, verb).
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