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Webster 1913 Edition
Proficiency
{
, Pro-fi′cience
,Pro-fi′cien-cy
}Noun.
The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptness;
as, to acquire
. proficiency
in musicDefinition 2024
proficiency
proficiency
English
Noun
proficiency (plural proficiencies)
- Ability, skill, competence.
- a test of proficiency in English
- to attain (or to reach) proficiency
- 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:
- But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.
Synonyms
- ability
- command
- competence
- skill
- See also Wikisaurus:skill
Translations
ability or skill
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External links
- proficiency in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “proficiency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.