Definition of "skill" []

• Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience. See Synonyms at ability. (noun)
• An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body. (noun)
• A developed talent or ability: writing skills. (noun)
• Obsolete A reason; a cause. (noun)

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• "To be sure, some pupils can develop skill much faster than others, but the point is, that _skill has to be developed_."
• "His main skill is Disguise at +11, which would normally mean a pretty hardcore DC of 21 for the seekers."
• "The term skill is used in Preisendorfer 1988 uses the term “skill”, who uses the term “hindcast skill”, where, as I read his equation 9.48, it is equivalent to what we would call the calibration r2 statistic."