competency
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French compétence.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
competency (countable and uncountable, plural competencies)
- (obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
- 1612, John Smith, Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 178:
- the next day they returned unsuspected, leaving their confederates to follow, and in the interim, to convay them a competencie of all things they could […]
- 1892, Ambrose Bierce, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians - A Holy Terror
- […] it would appear that before taking this precaution Mr. Bree must have had the thrift to remove a modest competency of the gold […]
- 1612, John Smith, Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 178:
- (obsolete) A sustainable income.
- c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116:
- He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. He knew that the lack made a man petty, mean, grasping; it distorted his character and caused him to view the world from a vulgar angle; when you had to consider every penny, money became of grotesque importance: you needed a competency to rate it at its proper value.
- The ability to perform some task; competence.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.
- 1961, National Council for Elementary Science (U.S.), Science Education:
- What professional competencies do science teachers need?
- 2004, Bill Clinton, My Life:
- By the year 2000, American students will leave grades four, eight, and twelve having demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter including English, mathematics, science, history, and geography....
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- (law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
- (linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:skill
Translations[edit]
ability to perform some task
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law: meeting specified qualifications to perform
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linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure
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