Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proficiency"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proficience \Pro*fi"cience\, Proficiency \Pro*fi"cien*cy\, n.
The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the
acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in
knowledge; improvement; adeptness; as, to acquire proficiency
in music.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proficiency
n 1: the quality of having great facility and competence
2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from
practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves
proficiency" [syn: {technique}]
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