proficiency
pronunciation
How to pronounce proficiency in British English:
UK [prəˈfɪʃnsi]
How to pronounce proficiency in American English:
US [prəˈfɪʃnsi]
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- Noun:
- the quality of having great facility and competence
- skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
Word Origin
- proficiency (n.)
- 1540s, probably from -cy + Latin proficientem (nominative proficiens), present participle of proficere "accomplish, make progress; be useful, do good; have success, profit," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
Example
- 1. There 's really a lack of proficiency in the game .
- 2. If you find it deficient in some area , educate yourself into proficiency .
- 3. He aims to eventually expand dothraki to around 10 000 words - or about the equivalent of college-level foreign language proficiency .
- 4. I 've also found english proficiency in florianopolis to be much better than in many other parts of the country .
- 5. In another recent competitiveness report thailand ranked 54th out of 56 countries globally for english-language proficiency , the second-lowest in asia .