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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
- Example: "adept in handicrafts"
- Example: "an adept juggler"
- Example: "an expert job"
- Example: "a good mechanic"
- Example: "a practiced marksman"
- Example: "a proficient engineer"
- Example: "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"
- Example: "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
[syn: adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful]

2. of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill;
- Example: "his technical innovation was his brushwork"
- Example: "the technical dazzle of her dancing"
[syn: technical, proficient]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proficient \Pro*fi"cient\, a.
   Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed
   of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proficient \Pro*fi"cient\, n. [L. proficiens, -entis, p. pr. of
   proficere to go forward, make progress; pro forward + facere
   to make. See Fact, and cf. Profit, (?)]
   One who has made considerable advances in any business, art,
   science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as,
   proficient in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music,
   etc.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

proficient
    adj 1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
           "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert
           job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a
           proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less
           skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful
           retouching" [syn: adept, expert, good, practiced,
           proficient, skillful, skilful]
    2: of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical
       skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the
       technical dazzle of her dancing" [syn: technical,
       proficient]