competency
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French compétence.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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 […]
- Ambrose Bierce
- […] 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.
- Shakespeare
- 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.
- Shakespeare
- The ability to perform some task; competence.
- Burke
- 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....
- Burke
- (law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
- (linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:skill
Translations
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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