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Meaning of Knack | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
næk

Definitions

  1. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
  2. A surname.
  3. A petty contrivance; a toy.
  4. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.

Equivalents

العربية الموهبة فن
Български сръчност
Bosanski marifet talent trik фокус
Cymraeg dawn
Ελληνικά τρόπος
Español aptitud chisme pegarle a truco
Suomi niksi taito
Français chic knack
Gaeilge féith
Hrvatski marifet talent trik фокус
Italiano pallino
日本語 呼吸 才覚 要領
Қазақша тетік
한국어 소질
Kurdî marîfet
Português talento
Русский сноро́вка
Српски marifet talent trik фокус
Svenska läggning
Tiếng Việt bí quyết

Examples

“These men had some uncanny knack of knowing when the steel was right, and like many such things, it just could not be put into a textbook on the subject.”
“The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;”
“And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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