Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or quality of being proficient; competence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Advancement; progress.
- noun The state of being proficient; the degree of advancement attained in any branch of knowledge; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; improvement: as, to attain great proficiency in Greek or in music.
- noun Synonyms Advance, etc. (see
progress ), skill.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Ability ,skill ,competence . - noun
Knowledge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
Etymologies
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Examples
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The only way to truly obtain proficiency is to read blogs.
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The state, for whatever reason, the Regents, changed the definition of what they call proficiency.
John C. Fager: New York Matters: Mayoral Control and Denial John C. Fager 2011
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The state, for whatever reason, the Regents, changed the definition of what they call proficiency.
John C. Fager: New York Matters: Mayoral Control and Denial John C. Fager 2011
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The state, for whatever reason, the Regents, changed the definition of what they call proficiency.
John C. Fager: New York Matters: Mayoral Control and Denial John C. Fager 2011
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The state, for whatever reason, the Regents, changed the definition of what they call proficiency.
John C. Fager: New York Matters: Mayoral Control and Denial John C. Fager 2011
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'' One pilot was giving the other pilot what we call a proficiency check, and the accident occurred, '' FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.
unknown title 2009
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In the language teaching world "proficiency" is rated on a scale from novice to superior, with lots of steps along the way.
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Even if greater gains in proficiency are not made in later years, it is generally accepted that a stable faculty is one characteristic of a healthy, well performing school and that high teacher turnover is detrimental.
Matthew Yglesias » Paying for the Experience that Counts 2010
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This study demonstrated that reading attitudes transfer from first to second language but as distinct from transfer of reading abilities and strategies, the influence of second language proficiency is much weaker.
Barriers to Reading Comprehension « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Also road signs are symbols, not words, so English proficiency is not required.
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