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pro·fi·cien·cy

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  1. proficiencynoun

    Synonyms:
    competence, ability, command, skill

  2. proficiencynoun

    Ability, skill, competence.

    Synonyms:
    skill, competence, ability, command

  3. proficiencynoun

    Knowledge.

    Synonyms:
    competence, command, skill, ability

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. proficiency

    Progress (Latin pro, forward, gradior, go) is a moving onward or forward, whether in space or in the mental or moral realm, and may be either mechanical, individual, or social. Attainment, development, and proficiency are more absolute than the other words of the group, denoting some point of advantage or of comparative perfection reached by forward or onward movement; we speak of attainments in virtue or scholarship, proficiency in music or languages, the development of new powers or organs; proficiency includes the idea of skill. Advance may denote either a forward movement or the point gained by forward movement, but always relatively with reference to the point from which the movement started; as, this is a great advance. Advance admits the possibility of retreat; progress (Latin progredi, to walk forward) is steady and constant forward movement, admitting of pause, but not of retreat; advance suggests more clearly a point to be reached, while progress lays the emphasis upon the forward movement; we may speak of slow or rapid progress, but more naturally of swift advance. Progress is more frequently used of abstractions; as, the progress of ideas; progression fixes the attention chiefly upon the act of moving forward. In a thing good in itself all advance or progress is improvement; there is a growing tendency to restrict the words to this favorable sense, using increase indifferently of good or evil; one may say without limitation, "I am an advocate of progress."

    Synonyms:
    advance, advancement, attainment, development, growth, improvement, increase, progress, progression

    Antonyms:
    check, decline, delay, falling back, falling off, relapse, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage

    Preposition:
    The progress of truth; progress in virtue; toward perfection; from a lower to a higher state.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. proficiency

    Synonyms:
    success, advancement, progress, improvement, forwardness, dexterity

    Antonyms:
    failure, backwardness, unsuccess, tardiness, relapse

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. proficiencynoun

    the quality of having great facility and competence

    Synonyms:
    technique

  2. proficiency, techniquenoun

    skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

    "practice greatly improves proficiency"

    Synonyms:
    technique

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. proficiencynoun

    Synonyms:
    advancement, improvement, progress

  2. proficiencynoun

    Synonyms:
    skill, accomplishment, acquirement, mastery

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How to use proficiency in a sentence?

  1. Mike Pompeo:

    This assessment is based on intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping, and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication.

  2. Nicole Neily:

    It's abundantly clear that parents are concerned about the quality of education — Virginia recently posted staggering learning loss numbers over the course of the pandemic, which compounds the already abysmal proficiency rates in the state, when schools obsessively focus on DEI initiatives, that's time and resources that are not being spent on core curriculum.

  3. Ihor Sosnovsky:

    Tehran airport is anything but a simple one. Therefore, for several years UIA has been using this airport to conduct training on Boeing 737 aircraft aimed at evaluating pilots' proficiency and ability to act in emergency cases, given the crew's experience, error probability is minimal. We do not even consider such a chance.

  4. Raymond Yuan:

    Institutional investors benefit from both large scale and proficiency in management whereas retail investors who couldn’t keep up will be weeded out.

  5. Theodore Roosevelt:

    I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.


Translations for proficiency

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  • معرفة, إمكانArabic
  • aptitud, competència, habilitatCatalan, Valencian
  • Können, Begabung, Kompetenz, KenntnisseGerman
  • ικανότηταGreek
  • competencia, conocimiento, aptitud, habilidad, suficiencia, periciaSpanish
  • pätevyys, taitavuusFinnish
  • compétenceFrench
  • प्रवीणता, निपुणताHindi
  • kompetentesoIdo
  • competenza, conoscenza, perizia, abilitàItalian
  • 上達, 熟練度, 習熟度, 熟練, 習熟Japanese
  • competentieDutch
  • proficiênciaPortuguese
  • мастерство, способность, умение, сноровка, навыкRussian
  • aftësiAlbanian
  • kunskap, begåvning, skicklighet, färdighet, kunnighetSwedish
  • திறமைTamil
  • مہارتUrdu
  • 精通Chinese

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