Online Google Dictionary

adept 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/əˈdept/,
Font size:

Very skilled or proficient at something,
  1. Very skilled or proficient at something
    • - he is adept at cutting through red tape
    • - an adept negotiator
Noun
  1. A person who is skilled or proficient at something
    • - they are adepts at kung fu and karate

  1. ace: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  2. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
  3. (adeptness) skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
  4. ADEPT (Antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy) Bagshawe KD. Antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (ADEPT) for cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2006; 6(10): 1421-1431. is a strategy to overcome the problems of lack of tumor selectivity. ...
  5. An adept is an individual identified as having attained a specific level of knowledge, skill, or aptitude in doctrines relevant to a particular author or organization.
  6. Adept (Jelene Anderson) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Universe, member of the . The character was created by Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson.
  7. This is a list of alternate base character classes to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. As base classes rather than prestige classes, they can be taken by newly created characters without need for any prerequisites.
  8. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy; Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
  9. (adeptness) The quality of being adept
  10. A Master, or human being who, having traversed the path of evolution and entered upon the final stage of the path, the Path of Initiation, has taken five of the Initiations, and has therefore passed into the Fifth, or Spiritual kingdom, having but two more Initiations to take.
  11. Someone who has attained; in theosophical literature, one who has attained mastery in the art and science of living, an initiate or mahatma.
  12. An individual highly experienced and proficient in a particular magical craft ie. an esoteric master.
  13. An initiate of the Great White Brotherhood of a high degree of attainment, especially in the control of Matter, physical forces, nature spirits and bodily functions.
  14. means "skilled": Lucille is adept at speaking languages.
  15. n., adj. 1. A Phys-Ad; 2. An aspected magician.
  16. Airspace Design Environmental Prototyping Tool
  17. (antibody-directed enzyme pro-drug therapy)  A way to target a drug to a specific tissue. The drug is administered as an inactive pro-drug, and then converted into an active drug by an enzyme administered with a second injection. ...
  18. an initiate who has reached a certain high level of attainment.
  19. (Eng. ), as used in these times is applied to the Mahatmas, but as there are black and white, high and low Adepts, that use is erroneous.  The word strictly means an expert or master in some particular art or science. ...
  20. an individual who has united the Soul with the Monad, and reached completion of the Fifth Planetary Initiation.
  21. Alternate Door Exit Procedure for Training.
  22. (Lat. adeptus). In Occultism, one who has reached the stage of initiation and become a master in the Science of Esoteric Philosophy.
  23. one who has the inborn ability to see and Work the fae. Thus by definition, all adepts are sorcerers. Adeptitude can never be bestowed, though it can be taken away (see Ciani of Faraday).
  24. An Adept may loosely be described as someone who is an expert in magic. In several magical orders such as the Golden Dawn and A.'.A.'. it has the specific meaning of someone initiated into Tiphereth, which is at the centre of the Tree of Life. ...
  25. A rare individual capable of spirit reading. Those capable of spirit manipulation are also adepts, but more commonly called Masters.