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Proficient

//pɹəˈfɪʃ.ənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.

    "He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An expert.

    "The colonel now addressed me, […] adding, "I hope we shall send you to your regiment up the country quite a proficient, and calculated to reflect credit on your instructors in the Zubberdust Bullumteers.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin proficiens, present participle of proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, succeed, be profitable or useful”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + facere (“to make, do”); see fact.

Etymology 2

From Latin proficiens, present participle of proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, succeed, be profitable or useful”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + facere (“to make, do”); see fact.

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