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Competency
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- Competency in government is only one of many reasons for the differences in development rates between countries.
- In a way, these blasters heralded an awesome new core competency for the company: foam darts.
- Only after she's been in the job a little, will people really pay attention to her competency.
Collins
World English Dictionary
| competency (ˈkɒmpɪtənsɪ) | |
| —n , pl -cies | |
| 1. | law capacity to testify in a court of law; eligibility to be sworn |
| 2. | competence a less common word for competence |
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Word Origin & History
competency
c.1600, "sufficiency to satisfy the wants of life," from L. competentia "meeting together, agreement, symmetry," from competens, prp. of competere (see compete). Meaning "sufficiency of qualification" is recorded from 1797.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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