Proficient Definition & Meaning

proficient
adjective
  1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "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"
  2. of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing"

"Proficient" in song lyrics

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  • "Vision and everything I ting I rhyme proficient"
    Shades of Culture f/ Kandu — Payin' Rent II
  • "an animal that relates to proficient"
    AOL — AOL
  • "a symbol for proficient"
    AOL — AOL

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