skills

noun

A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.

(obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

(obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.

(obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

verb

(video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.

(intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.

(intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.

(transitive) To set apart; separate.

(transitive, chiefly dialectal) To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).

(transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England, rare) To know; to understand.

(intransitive, archaic) To make a difference; signify; matter.

adjective

(UK, slang) Great, excellent.

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