PROFICIENT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

very skilled and experienced at something: proficient at sth/doing sth Consumers have become more proficient at shopping online. proficient in sth ... MeaningofproficientinEnglish proficientadjectiveuk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /prəˈfɪʃ.ənt/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /prəˈfɪʃ.ənt/ skilledandexperienced:aproficientswimmerShe'sproficientintwolanguages.Ittakesacoupleofyearsofregulardrivingbeforeyoubecomeproficientatit.Synonym adept goodatdoingsomethingbecauseofpracticeskilfulShe'saskilfuldriver.skilledHe'saskilledmechanic.goodatShe'sverygoodatdealingwithpeople.ableShe'saveryablestudent.giftedShe'sagiftedmusician.talentedHe'saverytalentedactor. Seemoreresults» Skilled,talentedandable -meister able ably accomplished adept adeptly deft deftly dexterous dexterously digitalnative naturally overqualified paygrade pedicure upto(doing)sthidiom wellqualified white-collar withthebestofthemidiom workmanlike Seemoreresults»   Wanttolearnmore? ImproveyourvocabularywithEnglishVocabularyinUsefromCambridge.Learnthewordsyouneedtocommunicatewithconfidence. Relatedword proficiency (DefinitionofproficientfromtheCambridgeAdvancedLearner'sDictionary&Thesaurus©CambridgeUniversityPress) proficient|AmericanDictionary proficientadjectiveus Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /prəˈfɪʃ·ənt/ skilledandexperienced:aproficientswimmerHestudiedChineseandbecameproficientinthelanguage.proficiencynoun[U]us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /prəˈfɪʃ·ən·si/ Morganhasgreatproficiencyasajazzsaxophonist. (DefinitionofproficientfromtheCambridgeAcademicContentDictionary©CambridgeUniversityPress) proficient|BusinessEnglish proficientadjectiveuk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /prəˈfɪʃənt/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio veryskilledandexperiencedatsomething:proficientatsth/doingsthConsumershavebecomemoreproficientatshoppingonline.proficientinsthThegovernmentwillhelpsmallbusinessesbecomeproficientinthetechnologiestheyneedtocompeteinthedigitalmarketplace. (DefinitionofproficientfromtheCambridgeBusinessEnglishDictionary©CambridgeUniversityPress) Examplesofproficient proficient Second,themoreproficientstudentscanusecontextbetterthanthelessproficientstudents. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Theirfindingsindicatethat,regardlessofquestiontype,themoreproficienttesttakersperformedbetteron'non-matching'textsthandidthelessproficient. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Howproficientareyouinreadingotherlanguages(specify________)? FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Fortheeasyreading,therewaslittledifferenceinstrategyusebetweenmoreandlessproficientreaders. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Theseperceptualassimilations,moreover,areattestedeveninhighlyproficientbilinguals,andtheyresistspecifictraining. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus First,patientswhowereunabletogeneratetheseconstructionsbeforetrainingwerenowmuchmoreproficientintheiruse. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Itwasfoundthattheorallymoreproficientstudentsdrewonawiderrangeofstrategiesthandidtheirlessproficientcounterparts. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Takingacloserlookattheperformanceoftwoproficient,balancedbilingualswithabove-averageliteracyskills,theseglobaltendenciesareconfirmed. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Fortyyearsoflanguageteachingnotcreatingcommunicativelyproficientlearners,anewmousetrapbeggedtobeinvented. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Thepurposeofthisarticleistorevealhowtobuildtheautomaticprocessofwordrecognitionforthosewhoarelessproficientatreading. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Herewereportresultsfromthebrainactivityofveryproficientearlybilingualsmakingalexicaldecisiontaskthatillustratesthispoint. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Thearticleinitiallylooksattheproblemslessproficientreadersfaceandwhatresearchhasrevealed. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Lessproficientlearnersreliedmoreonbackgroundknowledgeandkeywordinferencing. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Theideathatbilingualsmaynotbeequallyproficientinbothoralloftheirlanguagesiscertainlynotanewororiginalproposal. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Howdohighlyproficientbilingualscontroltheirlexicalizationprocess? FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Theseexamplesarefromcorporaandfromsourcesontheweb.AnyopinionsintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionoftheCambridgeDictionaryeditorsorofCambridgeUniversityPressoritslicensors. Translationsofproficient inChinese(Traditional) 熟練的,精通的… Seemore inChinese(Simplified) 熟练的,精通的… Seemore inSpanish muycompetente,competente[masculine-feminine,singular]… Seemore inPortuguese proficiente,hábil… Seemore inJapanese inTurkish inFrench inCatalan inArabic inCzech inDanish inIndonesian inThai inVietnamese inPolish inMalay inGerman inNorwegian inKorean inItalian inRussian 堪能な,秀でた… Seemore yeterli,usta,mahir… Seemore compétent/-ente,(très)compétent(en)… Seemore expert,competent… Seemore بارِع… Seemore schopný,odborný… Seemore kyndig… Seemore ahli… Seemore เชี่ยวชาญ… Seemore thànhthạo… Seemore biegły… Seemore cekap… Seemore tüchtig… Seemore flink,dyktig,ekspert-… Seemore 숙달된… Seemore esperto,competente… Seemore умелый,знающий… Seemore Needatranslator? Getaquick,freetranslation! 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