"proficiency" meaning in English

See proficiency in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈfɪʃənsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-proficiency.wav Forms: proficiencies [plural]
enPR: prəˈfiSHənsē Etymology: From proficient or its etymon, Latin prōficiēns (present participle of prōficiō), + -ency. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|prōficiēns|pos=present participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">prōficiō</i>}} Latin prōficiēns (present participle of prōficiō), {{suffix|en||ency}} + -ency Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} proficiency (countable and uncountable, plural proficiencies)
  1. Ability, skill, competence. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: ability, command, competence, skill, proficience Derived forms: language proficiency, proficiency badge Translations (ability or skill): aftësi [feminine] (Albanian), إِمْكَان (ʔimkān) [masculine] (Arabic), умение (umenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), опитност (opitnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), habilitat (Catalan), competència [feminine] (Catalan), 水平 (shuǐpíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 熟練 (Chinese Mandarin), 熟练 (shúliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), competentie (Dutch), vakkundigheid (Dutch), pätevyys (Finnish), taitavuus (Finnish), compétence (French), Kompetenz [feminine] (German), Können [neuter] (German), Begabung [feminine] (German), Befähigung [feminine] (German), Fähigkeit [feminine] (German), Sachverständnis [neuter] (German), Sachkunde [feminine] (German), Beschlagenheit [feminine] (German), Fertigkeit [feminine] (German), Tüchtigkeit [feminine] (German), Leistung [feminine] (German), प्रवीणता (pravīṇtā) [feminine] (Hindi), kompetenteso (Ido), abilità (Italian), perizia (Italian), competenza (Italian), conoscenza (Italian), 上達 (jyōtatsu) (Japanese), 習熟度 (shūjukudo) (Japanese), 習熟 (shūjuku) (Japanese), 熟練度 (jukurendo) (Japanese), 熟練 (jukuren) (Japanese), biegłość [feminine] (Polish), proficiência [feminine] (Portuguese), capacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), competência [feminine] (Portuguese), competență [feminine] (Romanian), уме́ние (uménije) [neuter] (Russian), спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мастерство́ (masterstvó) [neuter] (Russian), сноро́вка (snoróvka) [feminine] (Russian), на́вык (návyk) [masculine] (Russian), suficiencia (Spanish), pericia (Spanish), habilidad (Spanish), aptitud [feminine] (Spanish), competencia [feminine] (Spanish), proficiencia [feminine] (Spanish), färdighet [common-gender] (Swedish), kunskap [common-gender] (Swedish), kunnighet [common-gender] (Swedish), begåvning [common-gender] (Swedish), skicklighet [common-gender] (Swedish), ehliyet (Turkish), yeterlilik (Turkish), ustalık (Turkish)

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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club:",
          "text": "But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ability, skill, competence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ability",
          "ability"
        ],
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ],
        [
          "competence",
          "competence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "prəˈfiSHənsē"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈfɪʃənsi/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ability"
    },
    {
      "word": "command"
    },
    {
      "word": "competence"
    },
    {
      "word": "skill"
    },
    {
      "word": "proficience"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aftësi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔimkān",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِمْكَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "umenie",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "умение"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opitnost",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опитност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "habilitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "competència"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐpíng",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "水平"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "熟練"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shúliàn",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "熟练"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "competentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "vakkundigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "pätevyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "taitavuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "compétence"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kompetenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Können"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Begabung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Befähigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fähigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sachverständnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sachkunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beschlagenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fertigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tüchtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leistung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pravīṇtā",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रवीणता"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "kompetenteso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "abilità"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "perizia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "competenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "conoscenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jyōtatsu",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "上達"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūjukudo",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "習熟度"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūjuku",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "習熟"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jukurendo",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "熟練度"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jukuren",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "熟練"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biegłość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proficiência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "capacidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "competência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "competență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uménije",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уме́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sposóbnostʹ",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спосо́бность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "masterstvó",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мастерство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snoróvka",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сноро́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "návyk",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "на́вык"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "suficiencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "pericia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "habilidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aptitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "competencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proficiencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "färdighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kunskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kunnighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "begåvning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skicklighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "ehliyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "yeterlilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ability or skill",
      "word": "ustalık"
    }
  ],
  "word": "proficiency"
}

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