Found 2 items, similar to Competency.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: competency competency n : the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually [syn: competence] [ant: incompetence]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Competency Competence \Com"pe*tence\, Competency \Com"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Cf. F. comp['e]tence, from L. competentia agreement.] 1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power. [1913 Webster] The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause. --Burke. [1913 Webster] To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess. [1913 Webster] Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. --Kent. [1913 Webster] 5. the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually, especially possession of the skill and knowledge required (for a task). [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]