ex‧per‧tise AC / ˌekspɜːˈtiːz $ -ɜːr- / noun [ uncountable ]
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
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.