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Definition of Proficiency
1. Noun. The quality of having great facility and competence.
2. Noun. Skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity. "Practice greatly improves proficiency"
Generic synonyms: Skillfulness
Specialized synonyms: Brushwork, Musketry
Derivative terms: Proficient, Technical, Technician, Technician
Definition of Proficiency
1. Noun. Ability, skill, competence. ¹
2. Noun. Knowledge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proficiency
1. [n PROFICIENCIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proficiency
Literary usage of Proficiency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The State Of Mathematics Achievement: Naep's 1990 Assessment Of The Nation by Ina V. S. Mullis (2004)
"AVERAGE Proficiency AND PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE MATHEMATICS CONTENT
AREAS The remaining tables and figures in this chapter present the results for ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"The above ie the gist of the complaint, which further avers that, by reason of
such refusal to issue him a certificate of proficiency upon such examination, ..."
3. Adult Literacy in America edited by Irwin S. Kisch (1994)
"Table 1.1 A Average Prose Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Total Population,
Gender, Census Region, and Race/Ethnicity 113 Table LIB Average Document ..."
4. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"His great proficiency in law. AD 1500. Gives lectures in a church. More had been
destined by his father to wear the long robe; ..."
5. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1846)
"His great proficiency in law. A. n. 1500. Gives lectures in a church. More had
been destined by his father to wear the long robe; and, having completed his ..."
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