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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Proficience \Pro*fi"cience\, Proficiency \Pro*fi"cien*cy\, noun 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
proficiency
noun
1: the quality of having great facility and competence
2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency" [syn: {technique}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "proficiency": ability, ableness, address, adeptness, adequacy, adroitness, advancement, airmanship, all-knowingness, anabasis, aptitude, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, bravura, brilliance, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity, cleverness, command, competence, competency, condition, control, coordination, craft, craftsmanship, cross-disciplinary knowledge, cunning, deep knowledge, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, efficacy, efficiency, encyclopedic knowledge, expertise, expertness, extensive knowledge, facility, faculty, finesse, fitness, fittedness, flair, general knowledge, genius, grace, grip, handiness, headway, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, knack, know-how, march, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, maturity, omniscience, ongoing, pansophy, polyhistory, polymathy, practical ability, preparedness, profound knowledge, progress, prowess, qualification, quickness, readiness, resource, resourcefulness, ripeness, savoir faire, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, seasoning, skill, skillfulness, special knowledge, style, sufficiency, suitability, suitableness, suitedness, susceptibility, tact, tactfulness, talent, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, tempering, the goods, the stuff, timing, trim, virtuosity, what it takes, wit, wizardry, workmanship
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