competency
pronunciation
How to pronounce competency in British English:
UK [ˈkɒmpɪtənsi]
How to pronounce competency in American English:
US [ˈkɑmpɪtənsi]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Word Origin
- competency (n.)
- 1590s, "rivalry;" c. 1600, "sufficiency to satisfy the wants of life," from Latin competentia "meeting together, agreement, symmetry," from competens, present participle of competere (see compete). Meaning "sufficiency of qualification" is recorded from 1797.
Example
- 1. We have the skill and competency to meet the challenge .
- 2. For employees who want to get ahead , basic competency won 't be enough .
- 3. Yet on another measure of public opinion , economic competency , its ratings are dismal .
- 4. Drilling down into a candidate 's competency was part of interview technique .
- 5. Top leaders always score significantly higher in this competency ; since more top leaders are men , men still score higher here in the aggregate .