to be proficient in Latin

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• proficient — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ competent; skilled. DERIVATIVES proficiency noun proficiently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin proficere to advance …   English terms dictionary

• proficient — adjective Etymology: Latin proficient , proficiens, present participle of proficere to go forward, accomplish, from pro forward + facere to make more at pro , do Date: circa 1590 well advanced in an art, occupation, or branch of knowledge •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• proficient — pro|fi|cient [prəˈfıʃənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of proficere to go forward, get something done ] able to do something well or skilfully proficient in/at ▪ Martha s proficient in Swedish. ▪ There s only one… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• proficient — /prəˈfɪʃənt / (say pruh fishuhnt) adjective 1. well advanced or expert in any art, science, or subject; skilled. –noun 2. an expert. {Latin prōficiens, present participle, making progress. See profit} –proficiently, adverb …  

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