proficient
well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
an expert.
Origin of proficient
1Other words for proficient
Opposites for proficient
Other words from proficient
- pro·fi·cient·ly, adverb
- pro·fi·cient·ness, noun
- o·ver·pro·fi·cient, adjective
- un·der·pro·fi·cient, adjective
Words Nearby proficient
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How to use proficient in a sentence
For reading, 37 percent of students ranked proficient or advanced, with 24 percent at least proficient in math.
‘Nation’s report card’ shows declines for lowest-performing students | Laura Meckler | October 28, 2020 | Washington PostSimilarly, researchers have demonstrated that the deep networks most proficient at classifying speech, music and simulated scents have architectures that seem to parallel the brain’s auditory and olfactory systems.
Deep Neural Networks Help to Explain Living Brains | Anil Ananthaswamy | October 28, 2020 | Quanta Magazine“Areas with the lowest turnout, which were largely poor and frequently not always English proficient … also have extremely low rates of mail-in ballot applications,” Schmidt said.
Pennsylvania’s New Vote-by-Mail Law Expands Access for Everyone Except the Poor | by Jonathan Lai, Samantha Melamed and Michaelle Bond, The Philadelphia Inquirer | October 22, 2020 | ProPublicaEnglish-learners are students with a different home language, who are not yet proficient in English.
The Learning Curve: Distance Learning Poses More Challenges for English-Learners | Will Huntsberry | October 8, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWeb development is all about evolving and stepping up the game you are currently very proficient in.
Top 10 Tools to facilitate web development | Mary G. Byrd | September 25, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
For others, those ninjutsu-proficient reptiles were nefarious liberal propaganda.
A Political History of the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut to some people, those ninjutsu-proficient teen-turtles also meant nefarious liberal propaganda.
A Political History of the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLots of things that now seem canonical would not have been accessible to Leonardo, who was not that proficient in Latin.
The test runs about two hours and was quite proficient at identifying the mentally disturbed—especially those prone to violence.
The Miscegenation Ball was an exception in its otherwise bland, though proficient, catalog.
How a Racist Newspaper Defeated Lincoln in New York in the 1864 Election | Harold Holzer | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo suddenly discover oneself proficient where failure had been feared increases self esteem and adds to the sum of happiness.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowIn Greek especially she was proficient, and Plato was to her more interesting than any story book.
The Childhood of Distinguished Women | Selina A. BowerOnly the most proficient students were allowed to attend public secondary schools.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyAt last in desperation, I tried my only remaining tune, not being very proficient on the flute.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal MukerjiTo become proficient in the Sechwana language was the earnest purpose of Robert Moffat.
Robert Moffat | David J. Deane
British Dictionary definitions for proficient
/ (prəˈfɪʃənt) /
having great facility (in an art, occupation, etc); skilled
an archaic word for an expert
Origin of proficient
1Derived forms of proficient
- proficiency, noun
- proficiently, adverb
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