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Dictionary: pro·fi·cien·cy   (prə-fĭsh'ən-sē) pronunciation
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n., pl., -cies.
The state or quality of being proficient; competence.


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    Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity: ability, adeptness, art, command, craft, expertise, expertness, knack, mastery, skill, technique. Informal know-how. See ability/inability, knowledge/ignorance.

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Definition: ability, skillfulness
Antonyms: clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness

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IN BRIEF: The state of being able to do something very well.

pronunciation They had to take a proficiency test before they got their license to drive.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quality of having great facility and competence

Meaning #2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
  Synonym: technique

 
 
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