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Adjective: proficient  pru'fi-shunt
  1. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
    "a proficient engineer";
    - adept, expert, good, practiced [N. Amer], skillful [N. Amer], skilful [Brit, Cdn], practised [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
    "his proficient innovation was his brushwork";
    - technical

See also: skilled

Encyclopedia: Proficient