proficient

English

Etymology

From Latin proficiens, present participle of proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, succeed, be profitable or useful”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + facere (“to make, do”); see fact.

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Adjective

proficient (comparative more proficient, superlative most proficient)

  1. Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
    He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.
    • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
      By constant playing and experimenting with these he learned to tie rude knots, and make sliding nooses; and with these he and the younger apes amused themselves. What Tarzan did they tried to do also, but he alone originated and became proficient.

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Noun

proficient (plural proficients)

  1. An expert.

Synonyms

  • (expert): expert; see also Thesaurus:skilled person

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Further reading

  • proficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • proficient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Verb

prōficient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of prōficiō
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