Definitions for Proficiency
pro·fi·cien·cy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 4 votes

1. proficiencynoun

   the quality of having great facility and competence

2. proficiency, techniquenoun

   skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

   "practice greatly improves proficiency"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 4 votes

1. proficiencynoun

   Ability, skill, competence.

2. proficiencynoun

   Knowledge.

3. Etymology: From proficientem, from proficere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Proficience, Proficiencynoun

   Profit; advancement in any thing; improvement gained. It is applied to intellectual acquisition.

   Etymology: from proficio, Lat.

   Persons of riper years, who flocked into the church during the three first centuries, were obliged to pass through instructions, and give account of the proficiency. Addison.

   Some reflecting with too much satisfaction on their own proficiencies, or presuming on their election by God, persuade themselves into a careless security. John Rogers, Sermons.

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1. proficiency

   Proficiency refers to a high degree of competence or skill, an advanced level of knowledge or mastery in a particular subject or ability. It is typically acquired through extensive training, practice, research, or experience.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Proficiencynoun

   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

CrunchBaseRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Proficiency

   Proficiency, Inc. provides product knowledge integration and CAD interoperability solutions that enable manufacturers and suppliers to share product knowledge from various engineering and manufacturing environments. Its solutions include product knowledge migration, which delivers a process of technology and methodology that meets migration needs; and supplier delivery solutions to original equipment manufacturers or higher tier suppliers. The company™s products also include Collaboration Gateway V7.0, which enables the transfer of the product knowledge between CAD systems that include geometry, features, sketches, manufacturing info, metadata, assembly information, and drawings in the conversion process; and Completion Wizard, which provides an interactive method of completing the process. In addition, it offers CAD translation services, such as geometry-only, product knowledge, and associative drawing translations; consulting services, such as migration strategy, supplier delivery strategy, and process integration consulting; and implementation services, such as training, customer support, and customer specific developments. The company serves various companies in the automotive, aerospace and defense, and heavy machinery industries.Proficiency, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Marlborough, Massachusetts. As of July 1, 2009, Proficiency, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ITI TranscenData.

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1. • Competence
   • Skillfulness

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Proficiency in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Proficiency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Proficiency in a Sentence

1. Goa Kerle:

   The most momentous moment is the moment of decision. This calls for proficiency because it makes or destroys only in the extremes.

2. Lori Meyers:

   The whole idea of flexible math lanes/grouping is that teachers can provide much better differentiated learning for their students when they have a more narrow range of students to teach, even within a lane, teachers must differentiate. No class is entirely uniform. With laning, teachers have a more narrow range of student proficiency to address, allowing them to go into much more conceptual depth.

3. Ihor Sosnovsky:

   Tehran airport is anything but a simple one. Therefore, for several years UIA has been using this airport to conduct training on Boeing 737 aircraft aimed at evaluating pilots' proficiency and ability to act in emergency cases, given the crew's experience, error probability is minimal. We do not even consider such a chance.

4. Theodore Roosevelt:

   I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.

5. Nicole Neily:

   It's abundantly clear that parents are concerned about the quality of education — Virginia recently posted staggering learning loss numbers over the course of the pandemic, which compounds the already abysmal proficiency rates in the state, when schools obsessively focus on DEI initiatives, that's time and resources that are not being spent on core curriculum.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Proficiency
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Proficiency
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Proficiency
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Proficiency
6. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/proficiency