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proficiency

American  
[pruh-fish-uhn-see] / prəˈfɪʃ ən si /

noun

  1. the state of being proficient; skill; expertness.

    proficiency in music.


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

In Germany, nobody gets citizenship without proving basic proficiency in the language of Nietzsche, Goethe and Steffi Graf.

From The Wall Street Journal

"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.

From The Wall Street Journal

But that also marks a clear transformation in culinary programming from emphasizing the development of proficiency to encouraging consumption.

From Salon