Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity

• know-how

  1. The knowledge and skill required to do something correctly.

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  1. The knowledge and skill required to do something correctly.

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• technique

  1. The basic method for making or doing something, such as an artistic work or scientific procedure:
  2. Skill or command in a particular activity:

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  1. The basic method for making or doing something, such as an artistic work or scientific procedure:
  2. Skill or command in a particular activity:

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• skill

  1. Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience:
  2. A developed talent or ability:
  3. An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body:

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  1. Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience:
  2. A developed talent or ability:
  3. An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body:

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• mastery

  1. Possession of consummate skill.
  2. The status of master or ruler; control:
  3. Full command of a subject of study:

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  1. Possession of consummate skill.
  2. The status of master or ruler; control:
  3. Full command of a subject of study:

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• knack

  1. A special talent or skill, especially one difficult to explain or teach:
  2. A tendency or pattern of behavior:
  3. A clever trick.

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  1. A special talent or skill, especially one difficult to explain or teach:
  2. A tendency or pattern of behavior:
  3. A clever trick.

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• expertness

  1. The state of being expert; skill or proficiency

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  1. The state of being expert; skill or proficiency

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• expertise

  1. Skill or knowledge in a particular area.

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  1. Skill or knowledge in a particular area.

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• craft

  1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
  2. Skill in evasion or deception; guile.
  3. An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.

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  1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
  2. Skill in evasion or deception; guile.
  3. An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.

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• command

  1. To direct with authority; give orders to.
  2. To have control or authority over; rule:
  3. To have at one's disposal:

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  1. To direct with authority; give orders to.
  2. To have control or authority over; rule:
  3. To have at one's disposal:

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• art

  1. The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
  2. Such activity in the visual or plastic arts:
  3. Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:

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  1. The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
  2. Such activity in the visual or plastic arts:
  3. Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:

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• adeptness

  1. The quality of being adept.

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  1. The quality of being adept.

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• ability

  1. The quality of being able to do something, especially the physical, mental, financial, or legal power to accomplish something.
  2. A skill, talent, or capacity:
  3. The quality of being suitable for or receptive to a specified treatment:

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  1. The quality of being able to do something, especially the physical, mental, financial, or legal power to accomplish something.
  2. A skill, talent, or capacity:
  3. The quality of being suitable for or receptive to a specified treatment:

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