Synonyms for competency

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kom-pi-tuh n-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm pɪ tən si

Définition of competency

Origin : 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.

noun ability

Example sentences :

The Assistant Commissioner did not seem to refuse it a certain amount of competency.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

As the exercise of his foresight will enable him to acquire a competency in that time.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

She may not be satisfied with what you consider a competency.
Extract from : « Won from the Waves » by W.H.G. Kingston

I enjoy a competency—nay, much more—and yet, they talk to me of dying.
Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard

Competency is equal to the occasion, readiness prompt for the occasion.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

Youth will not weigh so much against you as a competency will do for you.
Extract from : « From Farm House to the White House » by William M. Thayer

No one asked for a certificate of competency other than her own word and that of her friends.
Extract from : « The Retrospect » by Ada Cambridge

The development of competency in caring occurs over a lifetime.
Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin

He had left the young surgeon a competency of two hundred a-year.
Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

It is the competency of the court to which he pleads, rather than its decrees.
Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. » by E. Rameur

Antonyms for competency

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