How do you use Proficient in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like adept or expert, plus the exact meaning.
Proficient meaning
Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
Using Proficient
- The main meaning on this page is: Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
- Useful related words include: adept, expert, good, practiced.
- In the example corpus, proficient often appears in combinations such as: proficient in, are proficient, proficient at.
Context around Proficient
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Proficient
- In this selection, "proficient" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, become, similarly, writers, doing, unicyclist and rider stand out and add context to how "proficient" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include students are proficient or advanced and 22 are proficient in civics. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "proficient" sits close to words such as adapter, antiquity and benchmarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with proficient
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He wasn't surprised that she became proficient at it. (10 words)
Doc Ock is a genius, proficient in a wide range of disciplines. (12 words)
To become proficient in electronics it is also necessary to become proficient in the mathematics of circuit analysis. (18 words)
Once students are proficient doing these drills, i.e. able to be at least 90% proficient or better on this total course of fire they are ready for shooting from cover, combat reloading, malfunction drills and running targets. (38 words)
Without a rider unicycles lack stability - however a proficient unicyclist is usually more stable than a similarly proficient rider on a bicycle as the wheel is not constrained by the linear axis of a frame. (35 words)
Many have been proficient at criticizing the UCP’s performance on drugs and homelessness, so it shouldn’t be a stretch to demand the government follow through on approving and funding the Old Strathcona facility. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Data shows that 17% of students were proficient in mathematics, 38% were proficient in reading and 30% were proficient in science.
Nation’s Report Card,” just 13% of eighth graders are proficient in U.S. history, and only 22% are proficient in civics.
The Department of Public Instruction is both lowering the threshold for what is proficient, a 19 on the ACT will now count as proficient and changing the terms to measure student success.
About a third of fourth-graders are proficient in reading, while more than 40 percent of fourth-graders are proficient in math.
Once students are proficient doing these drills, i.e. able to be at least 90% proficient or better on this total course of fire they are ready for shooting from cover, combat reloading, malfunction drills and running targets.
Based on recent standardized tests, 9.5 percent of the students are proficient or advanced in English and language arts, and 2.4 percent of the students are proficient or advanced in math.
To become proficient in electronics it is also necessary to become proficient in the mathematics of circuit analysis.
Without a rider unicycles lack stability - however a proficient unicyclist is usually more stable than a similarly proficient rider on a bicycle as the wheel is not constrained by the linear axis of a frame.
All you want is to find personal assertion writing and enhancing service with writers proficient in British English.
At the start of second grade, her daughter, who is learning English, “still was not proficient in reading but had trouble connecting the letter to the sound,” Nieto said in Spanish.
But I think as teachers became more proficient with it, their practices changed, and I think they got better at it.
Doc Ock is a genius, proficient in a wide range of disciplines.
For starters, only a handful of people are proficient enough with cursed energy to become skilled jujutsu sorcerers.
Fulfilling many of the magical needs of the group, played the role of Simon, the sorcerer of the group; albeit not initially the most proficient spellcaster to begin with.
Graeme is supported by a proficient team of geologists and field staff with a proven track record for exploration success, including recently appointed, Jon Mcloughlin as Exploration Manager.
Henderson is a proficient runner on zone and gap looks, averaging 3.78 yards after contact per attempt in 2023, and has also shown the ability to catch the ball out of the backfield.
He wasn't surprised that she became proficient at it.
Indeed, our reporting shows that city black students, in particular, face a far better future if they attend a charter, with far higher percentages scoring proficient in both math and English.
It’s something the Steelers need to work on, and it’s something they have to be at proficient at when the season kicks off.
Many have been proficient at criticizing the UCP’s performance on drugs and homelessness, so it shouldn’t be a stretch to demand the government follow through on approving and funding the Old Strathcona facility.
Common combinations with proficient
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- proficient in 75×
- are proficient 22×
- proficient at 20×
- more proficient 16×
- be proficient 13×
- and proficient 10×
- become proficient 10×
- were proficient 8×
- is proficient 8×
- proficient and 7×