competency

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noun com·pe·ten·cy \ ˈkäm-pə-tən(t)-sē \

Definition of competency

plural competencies

:competence

raised the issue of the defendant's competency to stand trial

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Examples of competency in a Sentence

Critics have questioned the director's competency.
she's proved that she has the competency to run a major company

Recent Examples of competency from the Web

Mr. White’s education reforms included pay raises and competency tests for teachers, class size limits for elementary schools and the creation of the state’s high school basic skills graduation test.

— jim vertuno, Washington Post, "Mark White, Texas governor in the 1980s, dies at 77," 6 Aug. 2017
The education policies approved during his single term included pay raises and competency tests for teachers, class size limits for elementary schools and the state’s high school basic skills graduation test.

— jim vertuno, The Seattle Times, "Former Democratic Texas Gov. Mark White dies at 77," 5 Aug. 2017
White’s education reforms included pay raises and competency tests for teachers, class size limits for elementary schools and the creation of the state’s high school basic skills graduation test.

— kansascity, "Final Chapters: Sam Shepard, Ara Parseghian, Jeanne Moreau, Jeff Brotman," 5 Aug. 2017
Maybe in the early 2000s when Jared Lorenzen and Shane Boyd were around, but there hasn't been top to bottom talent and overall competency on the depth chart like this in a long time.

— fletcher page, The Courier-Journal, "Fletcher Page | UK's quarterbacks room suddenly full of options and opportunity," 30 July 2017
Worse, after the IPO, foreign investors may start demanding the company stick to its core competency -- pumping crude.

— javier blas, Bloomberg.com, "From Oil Gushers to Golf Balls: Saudi Aramco Bets on Chemicals," 2 July 2017
A judge said the court had to determine her competency before accepting a guilty plea.

— fox59, Indianapolis Star, "Indiana mother sentenced to 130 years in Amber Alert deaths of her children," 29 June 2017
A judge agreed to send a Crown Point man charged with two counts of murder to the Logansport State Hospital for a forensic psychological evaluation to determine his mental competency to stand trial.

— ruth ann krause, Post-Tribune, "Competency evaluation ordered for Crown Point man charged with strangling 2 women to death," 22 June 2017
Maven is building on GM's core competencies and helping to develop a new customer base as customers for life.

— carol cain, Detroit Free Press, "Why Maven is such a good bet for GM," 17 June 2017

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