proficere
71proveza — (Del ant. provecer, aumentar, mejorar, y este del lat. proficĕre). f. ant. Provecho, mejora, adelanto …
72proficiency — proficient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ competent; skilled. DERIVATIVES proficiency noun proficiently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin proficere to advance …
73proficient — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ competent; skilled. DERIVATIVES proficiency noun proficiently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin proficere to advance …
74proficiently — proficient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ competent; skilled. DERIVATIVES proficiency noun proficiently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin proficere to advance …
75profit — ► NOUN 1) a financial gain, especially the difference between an initial outlay and the subsequent amount earned. 2) advantage; benefit. ► VERB (profited, profiting) ▪ benefit, especially financially. DERIVATIVES profitless adjective …
76profitless — profit ► NOUN 1) a financial gain, especially the difference between an initial outlay and the subsequent amount earned. 2) advantage; benefit. ► VERB (profited, profiting) ▪ benefit, especially financially. DERIVATIVES profitless adjective …
77profit — [14] Like proficient, profit goes back to Latin prōficere ‘advance, be advantageous’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forward’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact, fashion, feat, etc). Its past participle prōfectus… …
78proficient — [prō fish′ənt, prəfish′ənt] adj. [L proficiens, prp. of proficere, to advance < pro , forward + facere, to make: see PRO 2 & DO1] highly competent; skilled; adept n. an expert proficiency [prō fish′ən sē, prə fish′ən sē] n. pl. proficies prof …
79profit — [präf′it] n. [OFr < L profectus, pp. of proficere, to profit, lit., to advance: see PROFICIENT] 1. advantage; gain; benefit 2. [often pl.] a) monetary gain from business transactions b) the ratio of this to the amount of capital invested c)… …
80profit — n. & v. n. 1 an advantage or benefit. 2 financial gain; excess of returns over outlay. v. (profited, profiting) 1 tr. (also absol.) be beneficial to. 2 intr. obtain an advantage or benefit (profited by the experience). Phrases and idioms: at a… …
