The letters STEP stand for the Society for Testing English Proficiency.
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Proficiency
//pɹəˈfɪʃənsi//
Synonyms for "proficiency" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
horsemanshipingeniousnessingenuityknackknow howknow-howknowledgemarchmarksmanshipmastershipmasterymaturityomniscienceongoingpansophypolyhistorypolymathypractical abilitypreparednessprofound knowledge
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progressprowessqualificationquicknessreadinessresourceresourcefulnessripenesssavoir fairesavoir-fairesavvyscienceseamanshipseasoningskillfulnessspecial knowledgestylesufficiencysuitabilitysuitablenesssuitednesssusceptibilitytacttactfulnesstalenttechnical brilliancetechnical masterytechnical skilltechniquetemperingthe goodsthe stufftimingtrimvirtuositywhat it takeswitwizardryworkmanship
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62 translations across 22 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- aftësi noun (ability or skill)
Arabic
1 entries- إِمْكَان noun (ability or skill)
Bulgarian
2 entries- опитност noun (ability or skill)
- умение noun (ability or skill)
Catalan
2 entries- competència noun (ability or skill)
- habilitat noun (ability or skill)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 水平 noun (ability or skill)
- 熟練 /熟练 noun (ability or skill)
Dutch
2 entries- competentie noun (ability or skill)
- vakkundigheid noun (ability or skill)
Finnish
2 entries- pätevyys noun (ability or skill)
- taitavuus noun (ability or skill)
French
1 entries- compétence noun (ability or skill)
Galician
1 entries- competencia noun (ability or skill)
German
4 entries- Befähigung noun (ability or skill)
- Begabung noun (ability or skill)
- Beschlagenheit noun (ability or skill)
- Fertigkeit noun (ability or skill)
Hebrew
1 entries- בקיאות noun (ability or skill)
Hindi
2 entries- कुशलता noun (ability or skill)
- प्रवीणता noun (ability or skill)
Ido
1 entries- kompetenteso noun (ability or skill)
Italian
4 entries- abilità noun (ability or skill)
- competenza noun (ability or skill)
- conoscenza noun (ability or skill)
- perizia noun (ability or skill)
Japanese
4 entries- 上達 noun (ability or skill)
- 熟練 noun (ability or skill)
- 熟練度 noun (ability or skill)
- 習熟 noun (ability or skill)
Polish
1 entries- biegłość noun (ability or skill)
Portuguese
3 entries- capacidade noun (ability or skill)
- competência noun (ability or skill)
- proficiência noun (ability or skill)
Romanian
1 entries- competență noun (ability or skill)
Russian
4 entries- мастерство́ noun (ability or skill)
- на́вык noun (ability or skill)
- сноро́вка noun (ability or skill)
- спосо́бность noun (ability or skill)
Spanish
4 entries- aptitud noun (ability or skill)
- competencia noun (ability or skill)
- habilidad noun (ability or skill)
- pericia noun (ability or skill)
Swedish
4 entries- begåvning noun (ability or skill)
- färdighet noun (ability or skill)
- kunnighet noun (ability or skill)
- kunskap noun (ability or skill)
Turkish
3 entries- ehliyet noun (ability or skill)
- ustalık noun (ability or skill)
- yeterlilik noun (ability or skill)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He has increased his proficiency in English greatly.
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Her proficiency in English rapidly improved.
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Last year, I sat for the Level N3 Japanese Language Proficiency Test examination.
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