proficiency

Examples

• All

• The proficiency exams are coming up soon.

  Christmas Cookie Challenge (2015)

• The first group was composed of students with various levels of English proficiency enrolled in ESOL classes.

  Academic text (2011)

• As far as culture, language proficiency is important, but not as important as cultural proficiency.

  Stanford

• Finally, we did not include a language proficiency measure in English and Spanish.

  Academic text (2011)

• And the State proficiency tests will take place on Monday.

  Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)

• Some of you already have a fair degree of proficiency of skill in a given practice or sport or instrument.

  Andrew Huberman

• I have my proficiency exam next week.

  American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007)

• As students gain proficiency, isolated half and whole steps can be offered.

  Academic text (2011)

• Working in the civil Rights movement gave knowledge, training, experience, and proficiencies to the women who participated in it.

  Stanford

• The students demonstrated a high level of proficiency in their language skills after several months of practice.

Synonyms

A

ability

vsproficiency

∞ 1.0

Skill or power to do something

is a higher, specialised level reached through practice and experience

S

skill

vsproficiency

∞ 1.0

Ability to do something well because of practice or training

is a higher, more developed and consistent standard of performance

E

expertise

vsproficiency

302 4.9

Special skill or knowledge in one area, for example law

is broad high performance across tasks rather than narrow specialised knowledge

A

accomplishment

vsproficiency

102 3.5

A skill that you learn by practice

is sustained high-level performance rather than just an acquired capacity

C

competence

vsproficiency

69 4.1

Ability to do a task well because of skill and knowledge

is a higher level of performance and excellence achieved by practice

P

prowess

vsproficiency

52 6.1

Great skill in an activity like music or sport, often after practice

is wider high capacity, not only exceptional talent or display

C

competency

vsproficiency

39 4.1

The skills and knowledge needed to do something well

is stronger, implying superior trained performance rather than mere adequacy

M

mastery

vsproficiency

37 4.2

Very high skill in a subject or activity

is very high level gained by practice but may lack total control

F

fluency

vsproficiency

1 3.4

A skill in working with data and digital tools easily and confidently

is high-level performance focused on overall excellence rather than ease alone

A

adeptness

vsproficiency

1 5.6

A high level of skill at doing something

is general high performance overall rather than only high output in one activity

E

expertness

vsproficiency

6.4

High skill or knowledge in a specific area

is an overall high standard rather than only narrow technical knowledge

S

skillfulness

vsproficiency

4.1

A quality of being very good at doing something

is a higher sustained standard of performance than single practiced acts

Antonyms

I

incompetence

92 4.4

Failing to do a job well because of lack of skill

I

ineptitude

18 7.4

A lack of skill that makes someone do tasks badly

How Skilled

mastery

37 4.2

expertise

302 4.9

proficiency

30 4.7

skill

∞ 1.0

competence

69 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology