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proficiency

/pɹəˈfɪʃənsi/noun4 syllables

Proficiency means: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity.

Synonyms for proficiency5

noun, as in skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

also used for proficiency

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What does proficiency mean?2

noun

1

skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity“practice greatly improves proficiency”

2

the quality of having great facility and competence

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with proficiency?3

four syllables

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Proficiency in a sentence

  • There are different ways of measuring levels of proficiency in a language.Ergulis
  • He has increased his proficiency in English greatly.unknown
  • He has to prove his proficiency level in Berber.Amastan
  • Their average proficiency in Berber is very low.Amastan
  • Billy made hurtful jokes about the foreign student's English proficiency.Amastan
  • My English proficiency boosts my confidence in all areas.Nuel
  • In Algeria, proficiency in English has improved significantly.Amastan
  • He speaks the language with astonishing proficiency.Nuel

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of proficiency

as a noun

plural
proficiencies