proficient

compétent, habile

Capable de bien faire quelque chose grâce à l’apprentissage et à la pratique.

En anglais simple : Able to do something well because you have learned and practised it.

• She is proficient in English.
• He became proficient at repairing bicycles.
• We need someone proficient in spreadsheet software.

Comment l'utiliser : proficient in something (She is proficient in three languages.); proficient at doing something (He is proficient at editing videos.)

Synonymes : skilled, competent, capable

Contraires : unskilled, incompetent

Expressions courantes : proficient in something, proficient at something, proficient user

expert, maître

Personne très habile dans une activité ou possédant une grande maîtrise d’un domaine.

En anglais simple : A person who is very skilled in a particular activity or subject.

• He was a proficient in music.
• Only a proficient could repair such delicate work.
• The academy welcomed proficients in several arts.

Comment l'utiliser : a proficient in something (She was regarded as a proficient in painting.)

Synonymes : expert, master

Contraires : beginner, novice

Expressions courantes : a proficient in, an accomplished proficient