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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒm.pə.tən.si/ [UK], /ˈkɑm.pə.tən.si/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-competency.wav Forms: competencies [plural]
Etymology: From French compétence. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|compétence}} French compétence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} competency (countable and uncountable, plural competencies)
  1. (obsolete) A sufficient supply (of). Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-competency-en-noun-XSpPe9vF
  2. (obsolete) A sustainable income. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-competency-en-noun-a4ggvKgS
  3. The ability to perform some task; competence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ability to perform some task): авторите́тност (avtoritétnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kompetence [common-gender] (Danish), bekwaamheid [feminine] (Dutch), competentie (Dutch), pätevyys (Finnish), kompetenssi (Finnish), kompetenteso (Ido), kompetence [feminine] (Latvian), kompetanse [masculine] (Norwegian), competência [feminine] (Portuguese), aptidão [feminine] (Portuguese), yetkinlik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-competency-en-noun-4rvGBB66 Disambiguation of 'ability to perform some task': 1 3 86 8 2
  4. (law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: meeting specified qualifications to perform): kompetence [common-gender] (Danish), bevoegdheid (Dutch), pätevyys (Finnish), kompetence [feminine] (Latvian), qualificação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-competency-en-noun-xa1ANsa3 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: meeting specified qualifications to perform': 1 1 14 78 5
  5. (linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure): kompetens [common-gender] (Danish), kielitaito (Finnish), compétence [feminine] (French), competência [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-competency-en-noun-XUb-rrKK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 24 28 40 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 6 28 26 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 3 16 27 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 6 19 29 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 11 32 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 4 19 21 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 3 13 19 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 3 18 22 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 4 19 20 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 2 18 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 6 7 23 17 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 4 4 19 18 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 5 2 17 19 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 3 18 19 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 8 4 18 20 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 4 19 20 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 3 29 17 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 2 14 18 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 5 3 20 20 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 8 4 18 20 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 3 18 20 52 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure': 0 0 1 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: core competency, Gillick competency, immunocompetency, multicompetency, noncompetency

Inflected forms

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          "text": "What professional competencies do science teachers need?",
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          "ref": "2021 May 19, Richard Clinnick, “Fleet News: LNER to return Class 91s/Mk 4s to East Coast duties”, in Rail, number 931, page 26:",
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          "ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.",
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        {
          "ref": "1604 (first performance), George Chapman, Al Fooles: A Comedy, […], London: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, Act I:",
          "text": "And that knights competency you haue gotten / VVith care and labour: he vvith luſt and idleneſſe / VVill bring into the ſtypend of a begger; […]",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter CXVI, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(obsolete) A sustainable income."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:",
          "text": "The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961, National Council for Elementary Science (U.S.), Science Education:",
          "text": "What professional competencies do science teachers need?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Bill Clinton, My Life:",
          "text": "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....",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2021 May 19, Richard Clinnick, “Fleet News: LNER to return Class 91s/Mk 4s to East Coast duties”, in Rail, number 931, page 26:",
          "text": "The decision was then made to return '91s' and Mk 4s. These are being retained on the Yorkshire routes to keep driver competency in one area, to help with operations.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "avtoritétnost",
      "sense": "ability to perform some task",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "word": "competentie"
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      "word": "kompetenssi"
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      "sense": "ability to perform some task",
      "word": "kompetenteso"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "ability to perform some task",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kompetence"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ability to perform some task",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kompetanse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability to perform some task",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "competência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability to perform some task",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "yetkinlik"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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      "word": "bevoegdheid"
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      "sense": "law: meeting specified qualifications to perform",
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      "word": "kompetence"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure",
      "word": "kielitaito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compétence"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "competência"
    }
  ],
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}

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