{
    "term": "expertise",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity or job",
            "sensetop": "expertise in something/in doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**professional/scientific/technical, etc.** expertise"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have the expertise to help you run your business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is difficult to find staff with the level of expertise required for this job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have considerable expertise in dealing with oil spills.",
                    "contextForm": "expertise in something/in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "An outsider will lack the necessary expertise to run the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each area of the curriculum should be led by a staff member with appropriate expertise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How could he apply his academic expertise to practical matters?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to draw on the professional expertise of a large number of teachers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His technical expertise was critical in developing the business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have gained expertise in specialist financial areas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teachers would be available to share expertise and offer advice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They met regularly to develop their collective expertise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This project builds on the existing expertise of our staff."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sometimes have to call on outside expertise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "areas of special expertise"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "extensive", "great"],
                "… of expertise": ["degree", "level"],
                "verb + expertise": ["have", "lack", "need"],
                "expertise + verb": ["be available"],
                "preposition": ["expertise in", "expertise on"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an area of expertise",
                    "a field of expertise",
                    "a range of expertise"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌekspɜːˈtiːz/",
                "audio": "ex/expertise/expertise__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌekspɜːrˈtiːz/",
                "audio": "ex/expertise/expertise__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from French, from expert, from Latin expertus, past participle of experiri ‘try’."
}