proficient
adjective/prəˈfɪʃnt/
/prəˈfɪʃnt/
- able to do something well because of training and practice
- I'm a reasonably proficient driver.
- With practice, you should become proficient within six months.
- proficient in (doing) something She's proficient in several languages.
- proficient at (doing) something He's proficient at his job.
Extra Examples- a technically proficient performance of the piece
- very proficient at sign language
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- at
- in
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin proficient- ‘advancing’, from the verb proficere, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do, make’.Want to learn more?
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