Dictionary Definition
proficiency
Noun
1 the quality of having great facility and
competence
2 skillfulness in the command of fundamentals
deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves
proficiency" [syn: technique]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- Ability, skill, competence, as "Proficiency in English." or "To attain (or to reach) proficiency".
- Knowledge.
Translations
ability or skill
- Finnish: pätevyys, taitavuus
- French: compétence
- Italian: abilità, perizia, competenza
- Japanese: 上達, 習熟度, 習熟, 熟練度, 熟練
- Spanish: suficiencia, pericia, habilidad
knowledge
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ability, ableness, address, adeptness, adequacy, adroitness, advancement, airmanship, all-knowingness,
anabasis, aptitude, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, bravura, brilliance, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity, cleverness, command, competence, competency, condition, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship,
cross-disciplinary knowledge, cunning, deep knowledge,
deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, efficacy, efficiency, encyclopedic
knowledge, expertise,
expertness, extensive
knowledge, facility,
faculty, finesse, fitness, fittedness, flair, general knowledge, genius, grace, grip, handiness, headway, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, knack, know-how, march, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, maturity, omniscience, ongoing, pansophy, polyhistory, polymathy, practical ability,
preparedness,
profound knowledge, progress, prowess, qualification, quickness, readiness, resource, resourcefulness,
ripeness, savoir faire,
savoir-faire, savvy,
seamanship, seasoning, skill, skillfulness, special
knowledge, style, sufficiency, suitability, suitableness, suitedness, susceptibility, tact, tactfulness, talent, technical brilliance,
technical mastery, technical skill, technique, tempering, the goods, the
stuff, timing, trim, virtuosity, what it takes,
wit, wizardry, workmanship