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say it: prah-FISH-uhnt
proficient is an adjective meaning "having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude". It carries 2 recorded senses.
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
“adept in handicrafts”
“an adept juggler”
“an expert job”
“a good mechanic”
“a practiced marksman”
“a proficient engineer”
“a lesser-known but no less skillful composer”
“the effect was achieved by skillful retouching”
of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
“his technical innovation was his brushwork”
“the technical dazzle of her dancing”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for proficient come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.