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adjective
1.
well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
noun
2.
an expert.
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Proficiently
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1580–90; < Latin prōficient- (stem of prōficiēns) present participle of prōficere to advance, make progress, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -ficere, combining form of facere to make, do1. See -ent, efficient
1580–90; < Latin prōficient- (stem of prōficiēns) present participle of prōficere to advance, make progress, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -ficere, combining form of facere to make, do1. See -ent, efficient
Related forms
pro·fi·cient·ly, adverb
pro·fi·cient·ness, noun
o·ver·pro·fi·cient, adjective
o·ver·pro·fi·cient·ly, adverb
un·der·pro·fi·cient, adjective
Synonyms
1. adept, competent, experienced, accomplished, able, finished.
1. adept, competent, experienced, accomplished, able, finished.
Antonyms
1. unskilled, inept.
1. unskilled, inept.
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| proficient (prəˈfɪʃənt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having great facility (in an art, occupation, etc); skilled |
| —n | |
| 2. | an archaic word for an expert |
| [C16: from Latin prōficere to make progress, from | |
| pro'ficiency | |
| —n | |
| pro'ficiently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
proficient
1580s, from L. proficientem (nom. proficiens), prp. of proficere "to make progress, be useful" (see proficiency).
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