proficiency
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- overproficiency noun
Etymology
Origin of proficiency
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin prōfici(ēns) “advancing” ( proficient ) + -ency
Example Sentences
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None but a child taken at an early age would have ever attained the proficiency and wrought such widespread evil as I have.
From Literature
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In Germany, nobody gets citizenship without proving basic proficiency in the language of Nietzsche, Goethe and Steffi Graf.
"To gain proficiency in alpine skiing, you need a totally different snow cover," she said.
From Barron's
Those fears were compounded in November by the growing power of Anthropic’s Claude Code, which builds software with stunning proficiency.
But that also marks a clear transformation in culinary programming from emphasizing the development of proficiency to encouraging consumption.
From Salon
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