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COMPETENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Synonyms:
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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