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metier
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun metier has 2 senses
- metier(n = noun.attribute) forte, long suit, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit - an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" is a kind of asset, plus
- metier(n = noun.act) medium - an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier" is a kind of business, job, line, line of work, occupation
has particulars: green fingers, green thumb
THESAURUS
metier
ability, area, art, bag, bump, business, caliber, calling, capability, capacity, career, career building, careerism, craft, cup of tea, dower, dowry, endowment, equipment, faculty, field, flair, forte, game, genius, gift, handicraft, instinct, lifework, line, line of business, line of work, long suit, main interest, makings, manner, medium, mission, mystery, natural endowment, natural gift, number, occupation, oyster, parts, pet subject, potential, power, powers, practice, profession, pursuit, qualification, racket, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, strong flair, strong point, style, talent, talents, technicality, the goods, the stuff, thing, trade, type, vocation, walk, walk of life, way, weakness, what it takes, work
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