Skill

What “Skill” means

Noun

1. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
2. A reusable configuration (prompt) that defines how an AI agent performs a specific task.
3. Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
4. Knowledge; understanding.
5. Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

Adj

1. Great, excellent.

Verb

1. To set apart; separate.
2. To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
3. To know; to understand.
4. To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
5. To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Germanic *skilją Old Norse skilbor. Middle English skill English skill From Middle English skill, skille (also schil, schile), from Old Norse skil (“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *skilją (“separation, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skel (“a separation, boundary, divide”), Swedish skäl (“reason”), Dutch verschil (“difference”) and schillen (“to separate the outer layer (schil) from the product”, verb).

From Middle English skilen (also schillen), partly from Old English scilian (“to separate, part, divide off”); and partly from Old Norse skilja (“to divide, separate”); both from Proto-Germanic *skilōną, *skiljaną (“to divide, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skille (“to separate, discard”), Swedish skilja (“to distinguish, differentiate, part”), Icelandic skilja (“to understand”), Low German schelen (“to make a difference; to be squint-eyed”), Dutch schelen (“to make a difference”).

Business name ideas with “Skill”

Industries where “Skill” fits

We suggest this word for 3 business types and industries, including:

• Edtech Startup
• Online Course Business
• Educational Support Services