Proficiency
[prə'fɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] or [prə'fɪʃənsi]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of having great facility and competence.
(noun.) skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; 'practice greatly improves proficiency'.
Inputed by Barbara--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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 music.
Editor: Nita
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Advancement, improvement, progress.[2]. Skill, accomplishment, acquirement, mastery.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Success, advancement, progress, improvement, forwardness, dexterity
ANT:Failure, backwardness, unsuccess, tardiness, relapse
Typist: Rudy
Examples
- Ralph was inclined to give himself up entirely to poetry, not doubting but he might make great proficiency in it, and even make his fortune by it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You are aware that I have some proficiency in the good old British sport of boxing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Little Harry--a fine bright boy--had been put to a good school, and was making rapid proficiency in knowledge. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My ardour was indeed the astonishment of the students; and my proficiency, that of the masters. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- These were, the great advantages of the trade, the proficiency of the Dodger, the amiability of Charley Bates, and the liberality of the Jew himself. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mr. Darcy spoke with affectionate praise of his sister's proficiency. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The result, which has never before been equaled in accuracy, sufficiently attests the remarkable proficiency in range-finding that modern engineers have developed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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