What is the meaning of proficient?

Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
- usage: "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"
- synonyms: adept, expert, good, practiced, skillful, skilful
Of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill.
- usage: "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing"
- synonyms: technical

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