Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
an adept of someone
English answer:
a follower, disciple etc. of someone
Added to glossary by
Evelyn Hunck-Irving
Jun 23, 2013 05:14
10 yrs ago
English term
Netherlands
English native speaker
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Dutch to English, English to Dutch
an adept of someone
English
Social Sciences
Business/Commerce (general)
Executive MBA on organisational behaviour
Context: As an adept of Harvard professor M.S. .., he introduced a style of law enforcement that was based on communication and problem solving rather than “old school” crime fighting and deterrence.
This sentence was written by a Dutch MBA student writing in English.
The word "adept" is normally an adjective. The Longman Dictionary of contemporary English tells me it can also be used as a noun: "a form of kung fu practiced by only a handful of adepts", but the way the student has used the word in his sentence does not feel right in my view. Can a person be an adept of another person?
Does anyone have any ideas about this?
This sentence was written by a Dutch MBA student writing in English.
The word "adept" is normally an adjective. The Longman Dictionary of contemporary English tells me it can also be used as a noun: "a form of kung fu practiced by only a handful of adepts", but the way the student has used the word in his sentence does not feel right in my view. Can a person be an adept of another person?
Does anyone have any ideas about this?
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Ambrose Li
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a follower, disciple etc. of someone
From the context I assume the author is familiar with the French word “adepte” (follower) and assumed the English word “adept” is a cognate.
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Comment: "Thanks. We stuck to adept, but added "ideas" after the professor's name."
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