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"
One who has made considerable advances in any business, art, science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as, proficient in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music, etc
If you are proficient in something, you can do it well. A great number of Egyptians are proficient in foreign languages. = competent. able to do something well or skilfully proficient in/at (present participle of proficere )
Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept
Students are able to apply the appropriate concepts, skills, and strategies to perform given tasks