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proficient

[pruh-fish-uhnt]

adjective

  1. well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled.

    a proficient swimmer.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,
    Antonyms: ,


noun

  1. an expert.

proficient

/ əˈɪʃəԳ /

adjective

  1. having great facility (in an art, occupation, etc); skilled

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an archaic word for an expert

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • proficiently adverb
  • proficientness noun
  • overproficient adjective
  • underproficient adjective
  • ˈھԳ noun
  • ˈھԳٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of proficient1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin ōھԳ-, stem of ōھŧԲ, present participle of ōھ “to advance, make progress,” equivalent to ō- pro- 1 + -ficere, combining form of facere “to make, do”; do, efficient
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of proficient1

C16: from Latin ōھ to make progress, from pro- 1 + facere to make
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Grier: I did an episode of a sitcom in which it was assumed, unbeknownst to me, that I was very proficient playing an upright bass.

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But as audiences see in Episode 5, he’s also a capable fighter proficient in firearms and equipped with key survival skills.

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Times columnist Gustavo Arellano talks with his dad — a longtime truck driver — about an executive order by President Trump that enforces a requirement that truckers be proficient in English.

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Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England, managed to survive Wednesday's French debate despite being less proficient in the country's second language.

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Göransson absorbed his dad’s passions and mutated them into a personal obsession with Metallica, an electric descendant of the blues, in the process becoming a guitar player proficient in everything from thrash metal to jazz.

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