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proficient (adjective), more proficient, most proficient
1. A reference to the advanced degree or competence and skill an individual has or shows in some area; as in an art, a vocation, a profession, or in some branch of learning: Some people are proficient carpenters or they are proficient writers; or even proficient computer programmers.
2. Etymology: from Latin proficientem; from proficere; "to accomplish, to make progress, to be useful"; from pro-, "forward", + facere, "to make, to perform."
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2. Etymology: from Latin proficientem; from proficere; "to accomplish, to make progress, to be useful"; from pro-, "forward", + facere, "to make, to perform."
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fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
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