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competency
/ˈkɑm.pə.tən.si/
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What does competency mean?
noun
- The ability to perform some task; competence.
- An individual's capacity to understand the nature and implications of their legal rights and obligations.
- Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
More meanings (2)
noun
- (obsolete) A sufficient supply of something.
- (obsolete) A sustainable income.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɑm.pə.tən.si/
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All matters that fall within the competency of a special Court, shall be specially provided for by law.
The question then arose to whom the right of deciding the competency of each court was to be referred.
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A democratic criterion requires us to develop capacity to the point of competency to choose and make its own career.
He began business as a builder on his own account at Colchester, where by frugality and industry he secured a competency.
After having secured a competency for myself and family I did not stop at one-tenth of my income.