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proficiency Definition


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proficient
adj
    1. Fully trained and competent; expert.
      Thesaurus: competent, able, skilled, skilful, adept, talented, expert, capable, efficient, gifted, versed, trained, conversant, clever, qualified; Antonym: clumsy, incompetent.
noun
    1. An expert.
Derivative: proficiency
noun
    The quality of being competent or expert at something
      Thesaurus: skill, skilfulness, talent, competence, ability, dexterity, expertise, know-how, finesse, facility, aptitude, mastery, knack, virtuosity, accomplishment; Antonym: clumsiness, incompetence.
Derivative: proficiently
adverb
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin proficere, profectum to make progress.



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