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pro·fi·cien·cy

(prə-fĭsh′ən-sē)

n. pl. pro·fi·cien·cies

The state or quality of being proficient; competence.

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Noun	1.	proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence competence, competency - the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
	2.	proficiency - skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency" technique skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful brushwork - an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush musketry - the technique of using small arms (especially in battle)

proficiency

noun skill, ability, know-how (informal), talent, facility, craft, expertise, competence, accomplishment, mastery, knack, aptitude, dexterity, expertness, skilfulness Evidence of basic proficiency in English is required.

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proficiency

noun

Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity:

ability, adeptness, art, command, craft, expertise, expertness, knack, mastery, skill, technique.

Informal: know-how.

Translations

بَراعَه، مَهارَه، حِذْق

odbornost

kyndighed

Tüchtigkeit

γνώση

habilidad pericia suficiencia

pätevyystaitavuus

compétence connaissance

færni, leikni

competenza perizia abilità

上達熟練熟練度習熟習熟度

strokovnost

ustalık

熟练精通

proficiency

[prəˈfɪʃənsɪ]

A. N → habilidad f, competencia f
reading proficiency → habilidad f or competencia f como lector
language proficiency → dominio m del idioma
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency diploma de inglés como lengua extranjera

B. CPD proficiency test N → prueba f de aptitud

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

proficiency

[prəˈfɪʃ^ənsi] n (in language, music, sport, skill) → compétence f, aptitude f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

proficiency

n her proficiency at teaching/as a secretary → ihre Tüchtigkeit als Lehrerin/Sekretärin; his proficiency in English → seine Englischkenntnisse; her proficiency in translating/accountancy → ihr Können als Übersetzerin/Buchhalterin; his proficiency with figures → sein Können im Umgang mit Zahlen; level of proficiency → Leistungsstand m; proficiency test → Leistungstest m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

proficiency

[prəˈfɪʃ/ənsɪ] n → competenza, abilità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

proficient

(prəˈfiʃənt) adjective

skilled; expert.

proˈficiently adverb

proˈficiency noun

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My ardour was indeed the astonishment of the students, and my proficiency that of the masters.

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This is why the attainment of proficiency, the pushing of your skill with attention to the most delicate shades of excellence, is a matter of vital concern.

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Lastly, I have scarcely spoken of the domestic and family customs of the Kukuanas, many of which are exceedingly quaint, or of their proficiency in the art of smelting and welding metals.

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The triumph of Pitman was a triumph of business organization: there was a weekly paper to persuade you to learn Pitman: there were cheap textbooks and exercise books and transcripts of speeches for you to copy, and schools where experienced teachers coached you up to the necessary proficiency. Sweet could not organize his market in that fashion.

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The old man rubbed his hands gleefully together, as he corroborated the Dodger's reasoning in these terms; and chuckled with delight at his pupil's proficiency.

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It would enable them to discharge the duties of the camp and of the field with mutual intelligence and concert an advantage of peculiar moment in the operations of an army; and it would fit them much sooner to acquire the degree of proficiency in military functions which would be essential to their usefulness.

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Darcy spoke with affectionate praise of his sister's proficiency.

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Writing and accounts she was taught by her father; French by her mother: her proficiency in either was not remarkable, and she shirked her lessons in both whenever she could.

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It is obvious that, having devoted herself from infancy to this one pursuit and study, Miss Brass could know but little of the world, otherwise than in connection with the law; and that from a lady gifted with such high tastes, proficiency in those gentler and softer arts in which women usually excel, was scarcely to be looked for.

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In about a month's time, I had made a tolerable proficiency in their language, and was able to answer most of the king's questions, when I had the honour to attend him.

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Only the carpet was new, and the litter of Alexander's clothes and books and drawing materials, and a pencil-drawing on the wall, which (in John's eyes) appeared a marvel of proficiency.

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The years during which he was struggling to acquire proficiency in a difficult art were monotonous, and I do not know that there was anything significant in the shifts to which he was put to earn enough money to keep him.