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It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.
Charles Sturt

Meaning of "competency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPETENCY

competency  [ˈkɒmpɪtənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPETENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Competency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMPETENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Competence

Competence may refer to: ▪ Competence, the ability of a cell to take up DNA ▪ Competence, the resistance of a rock against either erosion or deformation ▪ Competence, a standardized requirement for an individual to properly perform a specific job ▪ Competence, the mental capacity of an individual to participate in legal proceedings ▪ Competency evaluation ▪ Jurisdiction, the authority of a legal body to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility ▪ Linguistic competence, the ability to speak and understand language. ▪ Communicative competence, the ability to speak and understand language.

Definition of competency in the English dictionary

The definition of competency in the dictionary is capacity to testify in a court of law; eligibility to be sworn.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPETENCY


appetency
ˈæpɪtənsɪ
blatancy
ˈbleɪtənsɪ
concubitancy
kɒnˈkjuːbɪtənsɪ
dilatancy
daɪˈleɪtənsɪ
dubitancy
ˈdjuːbɪtənsɪ
excitancy
ˈɛksɪtənsɪ
exorbitancy
ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənsɪ
hesitancy
ˈhɛzɪtənsɪ
incogitancy
ɪnˈkɒdʒɪtənsɪ
incompetency
ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənsɪ
inhabitancy
ɪnˈhæbɪtənsɪ
intermittency
ˌɪntəˈmɪtənsɪ
irritancy
ˈɪrɪtənsɪ
latency
ˈleɪtənsɪ
latitancy
ˈlætɪtənsɪ
militancy
ˈmɪlɪtənsɪ
patency
ˈpeɪtənsɪ
penitency
ˈpɛnɪtənsɪ
precipitancy
prɪˈsɪpɪtənsɪ
remittency
rɪˈmɪtənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPETENCY

compensatory finance
comper
compere
compesce
compete
competence
competencies
competent
competently
competing
competition
competition car
competitive
competitive advantage
competitive bidding
competitive edge
competitive exclusion
competitively
competitiveness
competitor

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPETENCY

advertency
agency
consistency
currency
emergency
frequency
impotency
inadvertency
inappetency
inconsistency
inexistency
insistency
omnipotency
persistency
plenipotency
potency
prepotency
renitency
subpotency
totipotency

Synonyms and antonyms of competency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «competency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPETENCY

Find out the translation of competency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of competency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «competency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

能力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

competencia
570 millions of speakers

English

competency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

योग्यता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكفاءة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

компетентность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

competência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পারদর্শিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

compétence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecekapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kompetenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コンピテンシー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

역량
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kompetensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

năng lực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योग्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeterlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

competenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kompetencji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

компетентність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

competență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επάρκειας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bevoegdheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kompetens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kompetanse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of competency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPETENCY»

The term «competency» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.724 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPETENCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about competency

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5 QUOTES WITH «COMPETENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word competency.
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Heather Bresch
I'd like to believe that achieving a leadership position is all about competency, capability and ambition, so I try not to distinguish between the sexes when it comes to giving career advice.
2
Brendon Burchard
My best mentor is a mechanic - and he never left the sixth grade. By any competency measure, he doesn't have it. But the perspective he brings to me and my life is, bar none, the most helpful.
3
Nathan Myhrvold
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were determined according to which scientist was most popular. To be successful, scientists would have to be charismatic and attractive - and human knowledge would suffer terribly.
4
Charles Sturt
It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.
5
Mark Takano
I think most polling shows that most Americans agree that when it comes to employment that, you know, people should be really judged by, you know, their competency and not, you know, who it is they choose to love or who they're in a relationship with.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPETENCY»

Discover the use of competency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to competency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The handbook of competency mapping: understanding, designing ...
The Second Edition of this bestselling book is designed to help human resource managers and professionals understand, develop, manage and map competencies within their organizations.
Seema Sanghi, 2007
2
The Competency Casebook: Twelve Studies in Competency-based ...
This valuable book contains 12 detailed case studies which provide a snapshot of how a variety of practitioners conceptualized, created, and implemented competency-driven performance improvement opportunities in their organizations.
David D. Dubois, 1998
3
Competency Based Education And Training
A selection of papers from the first symposium devoted to competency based learning held in March 1989. The book provides an historical backdrop for anyone coming new to the study of Competency-Based Education and Training CBET.
John Burke, 2005
4
Competency-based Interviews
Few candidates answer questions so that they demonstrate their own critical competencies. This book will teach you what you need to master this tough new interview style and give the interviewers the answers that will win you the job.
Robin Kessler, 2006
5
Effective Competency Modeling & Reporting: A Step-by-step ...
This valuable book supplies a detailed road map for constructing an entire Competency Modeling, Assessment, and Reporting (CMAR) process.
Ken Cooper, 2000
6
Competency Based HRM: A Strategic Resource for Competency ...
This book provides an exhaustive guidance to the leaders in the organization-including the CEO, HR managers, senior members of the sales, production, and service team to create an excellent organization.
Ganesh Shermon, 2004
7
Developing Competency to Manage Diversity: Reading, Cases & ...
Developing Competency to Manage Diversity is a learning tool to help people develop the competence to lead and work in groups and organizations which are socially and culturally diverse
Taylor Cox, 1997
8
Competency Management in the Public Sector: European ...
Designed for both practitioners and academics, this work seeks to inform the reader about the practice of competency management services in the public sector.
Sylvia Horton, Annie Hondeghem, David Farnham, 2002
9
Competency Skills for the Dental Assistant
The text is written in a step-by-step format that provides for maximum comprehension.
Charline M. Dofka, 1995
10
Cultural Competency for Health Administration and Public Health
Cultural Competency for Health Administration and Public Health is a clear and concise introduction to the topics and tools necessary for the application of cultural competency processes in various healthcare settings. the chapters offer an ...
Patti Rose, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPETENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term competency is used in the context of the following news items.
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AVST Achieves Microsoft Gold Communications Competency
To earn a Microsoft Gold Competency, partners must successfully complete ... Microsoft Communications Competency Attaining the Microsoft ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
2
Competency hearing set for man accused of assaulting Tacoma officer
A man accused of knocking a Tacoma police sergeant unconscious will have a hearing this month to determine whether he is competent to ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
3
'I'll take competency over compassion'
There, I've said it. I know it's controversial, and I realise it's not the done thing to say that anything is more important in nursing than compassion ... «Nursing Times, Jul 15»
4
Competency issue raised in recent court cases
If competency can't be restored by treatment or medication — for example, if a defendant has a brain injury or a permanent mental disability ... «Stevenspointjournal, Jul 15»
5
Understanding Financial Competency
Financial competency is the ability to be able to successfully use money and interact with the financial system and one can do this by having ... «Fiji Sun Online, Jul 15»
6
Competency exam ordered for driver charged with striking pedestrian
A Sauk City man charged with striking and killing a pedestrian last month in Madison was ordered Thursday to undergo a competency ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
7
Competency still being determined in Ogden murder case
Victoria Mendoza appeared in the 2nd District Court of Ogden for a competency review hearing. The hearing was continued to a later date for ... «Standard-Examiner, Jul 15»
8
Murder suspect's competency hearing postponed
STEVENS POINT – A hearing to determine whether a Bancroft man accused of killing his wife then barricading himself in his home is ... «Stevenspointjournal, Jul 15»
9
Q&A: The case for competency-based college education
PR: For starters, we are entirely competency based. There are a number of institutions that say that they are competency-based. But this is ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
10
Experts Differ On Competency Of Man Charged In Fatal Downtown …
Two psychologists have reached different opinions on whether a motorist is competent to stand trial for a downtown Columbus crash that led to ... «WCBE 90.5 FM, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Competency [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/competency>. May 2024 ».
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