Collocations for "technical"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "technical" in context.
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technical
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- the technical [team, personnel, department, staff] (at)
- call the technical support [line, hotline]
- [contact, call] technical [support, service, assistance]
- has the technical [skills, expertise, knowledge] to
- [has, possesses, offers, requires] (great) technical skills
- technical [requirements, information, data, details]
- the technical requirements of the [project, job, tender, product]
- a technical [magazine, journal, website, publication]
- [go to, attend] a technical [school, academy, institute, college]
- [experts, professionals] in the technical [sector, industry]
- is [very, quite, rather] technical in nature
- you're [being, getting] too technical with [me, the details]
- there is a (slight) technical hitch
- a (major) technical fault
- basketball: [awarded, gave, blew for] a technical foul
- basketball: ejected after [three, five] technical fouls
- boxing: [won, lost] by a technical knockout
- was [considered, deemed] a technical offense
- sports: was given a technical (for)
- sports: got a technical for
- sports: his second technical of the game
'technical' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
administrative
- analysis
- assistance
- cancellation
- capability
- college
- data
- documentation
- drawing
- due
- error
- evaluation
- glitch
- known
- liaise
- literature
- manual
- oversight
- owing
- patent
- personnel
- placement
- posting
- problem
- qualification
- rationale
- readiness
- savvy
- school
- service
- skill
- specification
- standpoint
- support
- term
- training
- writer