Proficiency - Longman Dictionary

proficiency · proficiencypro‧fi‧cien‧cy /prəˈfɪʃənsi/ noun [uncountable] · a high standard of skill in a particular job or knowledge of a particular subjectOne ... proficiencyFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishproficiencypro‧fi‧cien‧cy/prəˈfɪʃənsi/noun[uncountable]    GOODATagoodstandardofabilityandskillproficiencyin/with/at  ahighlevelofproficiencyinEnglish  Nick’sproficiencywithcomputersiswellknown.ExamplesfromtheCorpusproficiency•Hespentdaysjustgainingaproficiencywiththetypewriter.•Second,hisindifferencetobusinessproficiencyasaqualificationforhisclosestcompanions.•Oncechildrenhaveachievedacertainproficiencyasareader,theyprefertoreadsilently.•Aftertwoyearshereceivedthecertificateofthecollegeforproficiencyinchemistry.•Theprincipalcomponent,asalways,islackoflanguageproficiency.•Breadthofknowledgewillbemoreimportantthantechnicalproficiency.proficiencyin/with/at•Hespentdaysjustgainingaproficiencywiththetypewriter.•Timespentinacquiringthepreliminaryconceptswillamplyrepayitselflaterintermsofunderstanding,enjoymentandproficiencyinmathematics.•Aftertwoyearshereceivedthecertificateofthecollegeforproficiencyinchemistry.•Unlessshe'sturnedonbyherproficiencywiththespittoon.•However,thegrowingnumberofstudentswithinstrumentalproficiencyinrecentyearshasmeantanincreasingconcentrationonorchestralwork.•Ihaven'tattemptedtomasteritsintricaciesyet,butnodoubtweshallbothacquiresomesortofproficiencyintime.•Nick'sproficiencywithcomputersiswellknown.•Thestudents'proficiencyinspeakingEnglishisalsotested.•Sschoolstoraisetheirproficiencyinscienceandmathtothehighestlevelsintheworld.FromLongmanBusinessDictionaryproficiencypro‧fi‧cien‧cy/prəˈfɪʃənsi/noun[uncountable]ahighstandardofskillinaparticularjoborknowledgeofaparticularsubjectOnecorporationspends$2,000aquarterbringingitsemployeesuptotechnicalproficiency.proficiencyinForeignmedicalgraduatesmustpassarigorousseriesoftests,showingproficiencyinEnglish. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Agriculture Nature Building Parliaments Seealltopics Wordoftheday arguable notcertain,ornotdefinitelytrueorcorrect,andthereforeeasytodoubt