Associations to the word «Proficient»

Wiktionary

PROFICIENT, adjective. Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
PROFICIENT, noun. An expert.

Dictionary definition

PROFICIENT, adjective. 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".
PROFICIENT, adjective. Of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats