proficient
pronunciation
How to pronounce proficient in British English:
UK [prəˈfɪʃnt]
How to pronounce proficient in American English:
US [prəˈfɪʃnt]
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- Adjective:
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Word Origin
- proficient
- proficient: see profit
- proficient (adj.)
- 1580s, back-formation from proficiency or else from Old French proficient (15c.), from Latin proficientem (nominative proficiens), present participle of proficere "to make progress, go forward, effect, accomplish, be useful" (see proficiency). Related: Proficiently.
Example
- 1. Proficient means students have a solid understanding of the material .
- 2. If you are a proficient writer you can write a book or a play .
- 3. These vacillations reveal the danger of regulatory capture especially in an industry as proficient in lobbying as banking .
- 4. Become proficient , and then put your focus on helping those who are below you .
- 5. After two years of living and working in china , ms. berman is proficient in mandarin .