maven
pronunciation
How to pronounce maven in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪvn]
How to pronounce maven in American English:
US [ˈmevən]
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- Noun:
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Word Origin
- maven (n.)
- 1965, from Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew mebhin, literally "one who understands." Plural is mayvinim.
Example
- 1. Maven : apply scrum patterns and avoid the antipatterns .
- 2. Maven : what 's wrong with my haircut ?
- 3. New hardware acceleration makes chrome a speed maven at any task .
- 4. Emma johnson is blast magazine 's movie maven
- 5. By 2015 , one media maven predicted a few years back , traditional books would be gone .