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COMPETENCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

Synonyms:

competence; competency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("competency" is a kind of...):

ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "competency"):

fitness (the quality of being qualified)

linguistic competence ((linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance))

proficiency (the quality of having great facility and competence)

Derivation:

competent (adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional)

competent (properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient)

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