proficient : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: proficient	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for proficient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
proficient adj 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" Synonym(s): adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing" Synonym(s): technical, proficient
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proficient \Profi"cient\, n. [L. proficiens, -entis, p. pr. of proficere to go forward, make progress; pro forward + facere to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Profit}, ([?])] One who has made considerable advances in any business, art, science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as, proficient* in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Proficient \Pro*fi"cient\, a. Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,