ex ‧ per ‧ tise AC /ˌekspɜːˈtiːz $ -ɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ expert , ↑ expertise ; adverb : ↑ expertly ≠ ↑ inexpertly ; adjective : ↑ expert ≠ ↑ inexpert ]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: French ; Origin: expert ; ⇨ ↑ expert 2 ]
special skills or knowledge in a particular subject, that you learn by experience or training
technical/financial/medical etc expertise
What he’s bringing to the company is financial expertise.
trainee engineers with varying degrees of computer expertise
expertise in
expertise in the management of hotels
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ have expertise
Each scientist had expertise in either mammals, insects, birds, or plants.
▪ need/require expertise
It’s a specialist job that requires expertise.
▪ lack expertise
The country lacks the expertise, equipment and finance to deal with the disaster.
■ adjectives
▪ considerable expertise ( also extensive expertise formal ) (=a lot of expertise)
The Marine Pollution Control Unit has considerable expertise in dealing with oil spills.
▪ medical/scientific/technical expertise
How can an individual without medical expertise make such a decision?
▪ professional expertise (=skills requiring special education and training)
A health and safety inspector will be glad to give you the benefit of his professional expertise.
▪ managerial/management expertise (=skill at managing people at work)
Does he have the management expertise required to make the department more productive?
▪ business expertise (=skill at operating a business or company)
The company took him on for his business expertise.
▪ legal expertise
His father, also a lawyer, used his legal expertise to help civil rights groups.
▪ special/specialist expertise (=a lot of knowledge about a particular subject)
Our haulage company has specialist expertise in transporting hi-tech products.
▪ relevant expertise
All the applicants for the post had the relevant expertise to do the job.
■ phrases
▪ sb’s area/field of expertise (=the subject or activity that someone is skilled in)
a historian whose area of expertise is the Roman Empire
▪ degree/level of expertise
Different financial advisers will have different levels of expertise.
▪ range of expertise
The committee hopes to draw on a wide range of expertise from different institutions.
▪ a lack of expertise
His lack of expertise in running such a large factory led to serious production problems.