Definitions for competency

competency com·pe·ten·cy

Spelling: [kom-pi-tuh n-see]
IPA: /ˈkɒm pɪ tən si/

Competency is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 321 anagrams from letters in competency (cceemnopty).

Definitions for competency

noun

  1. competence (defs 1–4).

Origin of competency

1585-95; (Middle French) Medieval Latin competentia suitability, competence (Latin: proportion). See competent, -cy

Examples for competency

The Assistant Commissioner did not seem to refuse it a certain amount of competency.

Youth will not weigh so much against you as a competency will do for you.

She may not be satisfied with what you consider a competency.

Many other factors would come into play, including the competency and platforms of her opponents, both Democrat and Republican.

competency is equal to the occasion, readiness prompt for the occasion.

“They tried to question her competency and she was like that for years and years,” he said.

As the exercise of his foresight will enable him to acquire a competency in that time.

So stubborn was she, in fact, that Mason requested she be examined for competency.

I enjoy a competency—nay, much more—and yet, they talk to me of dying.

No one asked for a certificate of competency other than her own word and that of her friends.

Word Value for competency
Scrable

21

Words with friends

25

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