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Definition: Adeptness |
AdeptnessNoun1. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: AdeptnessSynonyms: adroitness (n), deftness (n), facility (n), quickness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Adeptness |
| English words defined with "adeptness": adroitness ♦ deftness ♦ facility ♦ quickness. (references) |
| "Adeptness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adeptness" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "adeptness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهارة (adroitness, cleverness, dexterity, expertise, expertness, know how, proficiency, skill, skillfulness, smartness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erfahrenheit (sophistication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ειδικότησ (speciality, specialty), ειδικότητα (competence, skill, speciality, specialty, specificity), εμπειρία (experience, experience in / of, expertise), δεξιότησ (clumsiness, craft, knack, masterliness, slickness), δεξιότητα (aptitude, craft, knack, masterliness, slickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kemahiran (accomplishment, acquision), keahlian (competence, craft, expertise, know how, proficiency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | abilit (ability, accomplishment, adroitness, artifice, capability, capacity, cleverness, craft, cunning, expertise, expertness, ingenuity, knack, know how, mastership, mastery, proficiency, prowess, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness, sleight), perizia (ability, adjustment, appraisal, examination, expert opinion, expert report, expertise, investigation, mastery, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness, survey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adeptnessay proficiência (proficiency, skill), competência (ability, address, aptness, authority, capacity, cognizance, competence, competency, jurisdiction, proficient, province, qualification, scope). (various references) знание (cognition, cognizance, knowing, knowledge, lore). (various references) competencia (capability, capacity, competence, competency, competition, DG IV, efficiency, jurisdiction, opposition, proficiency, province, purview, rivalry, scope). (various references) знавство. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adeptness": adeptnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "adeptness" (pronounced 'A*dept"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness, Cheapness, Childness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Circumspectness, Cleanness, Clearness, Closeness, Coarseness, Coldness, Compactness, Completeness, Conciseness, Concreteness, Condignness, Conjointness, Coolness, Correctness, Corruptness, Coyness, Crankness, Crassness, Crispness, Crossness, Crudeness, Curstness, Curtness, Cuteness, Daftness, Dampness, Darkness, Deadness, Deafness, Dearness, Debauchness, Debonairness, Deepness, Deftness, Demureness, Devoutness, Diffuseness, Diluteness, Dimness, Directness, Direness, Dirkness, Diskindness, Dislikeness, Disperseness, Distinctness, Diverseness, Divineness, Dryness, Dueness, Dulceness, Dullness, Dumbness, Duskness, Erectness, Exactness, Expertness, Expressness, Faintness, Fairness, Falness, Falseness, Farness, Fastness, Fatness, Featness, Fellness, Ferdness, fewness, fineness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fleetness, Flushness, fondness, forgiveness, forlornness, Forswornness, foulness, frailness, frankness, Freeness, freshness, fullness, gameness, Gastness, gayness, genteelness, Ghastness, Gladness, Glibness, Glumness, Goneness, Goodness, grandness, graveness, grayness, greatness, greenness, grimness, grossness, grotesqueness, Halfness, hardness, harshness, Highness, hirsuteness, hoarseness, hotness, illness, immatureness, immenseness, impureness, incompleteness, incorrectness, incorruptness, indirectness, indistinctness, ineptness, inertness, inexactness, Inexpertness, Infirmness, insaneness, insecureness, Intenseness, intentness, justness, keenness, KINDNESS, lameness, Lankness, largeness, lateness, laxness, leanness, likeness, limpness, litheness, Loathness, Loneness, longness, looseness, loudness, loving-kindness, lowness, madness, matureness, meanness, meekness, Meetness, mildness, minuteness, moistness, Moreness, moroseness, Muchness, Muteness, Nearness, neatness, Newness, Niceness, Nighness, Northness, Numbness, Obeseness, Oblateness, Obliqueness, Obscureness, Obtuseness, Occultness, Oddness, Oldness, Oneness, Opaqueness, Ornateness, Oughtness, Outness, Overfullness, Overgreatness, Overlargeness, Overmuchness, Overthwartness, Paleness, Patness, Pertness, Perverseness, Piedness, Pinkness, Plainness, Platness, Plumpness, Politeness, Poorness, Primeness, Primness, Profaneness, Profoundness, Profuseness, Prolixness, Promptness, Proneness, Proudness, Pureness, Quaintness, Quakness, Queerness, Quickness, rankness, rareness, rashness, Rawness, Recluseness, redness, remissness, Repleteness, richness, rightness, ripeness, robustness, Rotundness, roughness, roundness, sadness, safeness, Sageness, Salineness, Saltness, sameness, saneness, scantness, Scrimpness, secureness, Seedness, Selectness, Selfness, Self-willedness, Sereneness, Setness, sharpness, shortness, shrillness, shyness, sickness, Silkness, Sincereness, slackness, sleekness, slickness, slightness, slimness, Sliness, Slopeness, slowness, slyness, smallness, smartness, smoothness, smugness, snugness, softness, Soleness, Soothness, soreness, soundness, sourness, Southness, spareness, sparseness, squareness, staidness, staleness, Stanchness, Starchness, starkness, Stayedness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, Straitness, strangeness, strictness, Stuntness, Sublimeness, Submissness, sureness, Swartness, sweetness, swiftness, tallness, tameness, tartness, thickness, thinness, Thwartness, tightness, tiredness, toughness, Trigness, trimness, trueness, Truthness, Underniceness, Undueness, Unfirmness, unharness, unlikeness, Unripeness, Unsadness, Unwellness, vagueness, Vainness, Vastness, Voidness, Wanness, Warmness, Wasteness, Weakness, Weirdness, Westness, Whereness, Whiteness, Wholeness, Wideness, Wildness, Wiseness, Woodness, Wrawness, Wrongness, Wryness, Youngness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-n-p-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: assented, sensated, standees, stapedes. | |
-2 letters: aptness, densest, entases, patness, pedants, penates, pentads, pesades, pesetas, sateens, sedates, senates, sensate, sneaped, speaned, standee. | |
-3 letters: adepts, anteed, aspens, assent, enates, etapes, nested, panted, passed, passee, pasted, pastes, patens, peasen, peases, pedant, pedate, pentad, pesade, peseta, sanest, sateen, seated, sedans, sedate, senate, sensed, sneaps, spades, spates, speans, speeds, spends, spense, stades, stands, staned, stanes, stapes, steads, steeds, steeps, teased, teases, tensed, tenses, tsades. | |
-4 letters: adept, aedes, anted, antes, apses, aspen, assed, asset, dates, deans, deeps, deets, denes, dense, dents, eased, eases, easts, eaten, enate, etape, etnas, napes, nates, neaps, neats, needs, neeps, nests, paned, panes, pants, pases, passe, paste, pasts, pated, paten, pates, peans, pease, peats, pedes, peens, pends, penes, pests, sades, sands, saned, sanes, sated, sates, seats, sedan, seeds, seeps, sends, sensa, sense, sente, septa, septs, setae, snaps, sneap, sneds, spade, spaed, spaes, spans, spate, spats, spean, speed, spend, spent, stade, stand, stane, stead, steed, steep, steps, taped, tapes, tasse, tease, teens, tends, tense, tepas, tsade. | |
-5 letters: ands, anes, ante, ants, aped, apes, apse, asps, ates, daps, date, dean, deep, dees, deet, dene, dens, dent, ease, east, eats, ends, eses, etas, etna, nape, naps, neap, neat, need, neep, ness, nest, nets, pads, pane, pans, pant, pase, pass, past, pate, pats, pean, peas, peat, peds, peed, peen, pees, pend, pens, pent, pest, pets, psst, sade, sand, sane, sans, saps, sate, seas, seat, seed, seen, seep, sees, send, sene, sent, sept, seta, sets, snap, sned, spae, span, spas, spat, sped, step, tads, tans, tape, taps, tass, teas, teds, teed, teen, tees, tend, tens, tepa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-n-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: depressant. | |
+2 letters: adaptedness, adeptnesses, depressants, pantdresses, pedestrians. | |
+3 letters: adaptiveness, desperations. | |
+4 letters: adaptednesses, decompensates, desperateness, disparateness, displacements, endoparasites, pedestrianism, predesignates, predestinates, speedboatings, stipendiaries. | |
+5 letters: adaptivenesses, antidepressant, antidepression, appendicitises, disparagements, dispensatories, dissipatedness, endopeptidases, pedestrianisms, postadolescent, postdebutantes, preadolescents, predestinators, subdepartments, superinsulated, understrappers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 65 70 74 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. . .--. - -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d e p t n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0065 0070 0074 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357071828680718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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