Definitions for proficient

proficient pro·fi·cient

Spelling: [pruh-fish-uh nt]
IPA: /prəˈfɪʃ ənt/

Proficient is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 587 anagrams from letters in proficient (cefiinoprt).

Definitions for proficient

noun

  1. an expert.

adjective

  1. well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled:

Origin of proficient

1580-90; Latin prōficient- (stem of prōficiēns) present participle of prōficere to advance, make progress, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -ficere, combining for

Examples for proficient

He was thus well drilled in the reading of music, in which he soon became a proficient.

More impressive than their appearance were their proficient debating skills.

The same will not be said about My Week With Marilyn, no matter how proficient Williams is.

“We clearly have a proficient bombmaker in town,” says a European security official.

Lots of things that now seem canonical would not have been accessible to Leonardo, who was not that proficient in Latin.

Do not expect at once to be a proficient in prayer or any part of the Christian life.

She was highly educated and was proficient in both Greek and Latin.

And our friend Gorgias is one of the best, and the art in which he is a proficient is the noblest.

I want to be a proficient in the language, which is my only reason for returning.

As proficient as he was in making people trust him, she eventually became wise to his masquerade.

Word Value for proficient
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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