Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Competence.
- noun A skill or ability.
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- noun obsolete A
sufficient supply (of). - noun obsolete A sustainable
income - noun The ability to
perform sometask ;competence . - noun law Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
- noun linguistics
implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even Facebook's attempt to compete with Foursquare appears to be off to a slow start, and Facebook's core competency is a lot closer to Foursquare's than Google's is.
Henry Blodget: Google Needs to Buy Foursquare Now, Before It's too Late
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Even Facebook's attempt to compete with Foursquare appears to be off to a slow start, and Facebook's core competency is a lot closer to Foursquare's than Google's is.
Henry Blodget: Google Needs to Buy Foursquare Now, Before It's too Late
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Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, recently wrote that America's core competency is its ability to attract, develop and unleash creative talent.
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Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, recently wrote that America's core competency is its ability to attract, develop and unleash creative talent.
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Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, recently wrote that America's core competency is its ability to attract, develop and unleash creative talent.
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Language competency is the direct result of our ability to make correct inferences – to fill in the gaps left by writers and speakers.
Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know « Books « Literacy News
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They both use technology extensively, but their core competency is producing content to attract an audience and then selling display ads against that audience.
Henry Blodget: Here's Why Yahoo And AOL Should Immediately Merge
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They both use technology extensively, but their core competency is producing content to attract an audience and then selling display ads against that audience.
Henry Blodget: Here's Why Yahoo And AOL Should Immediately Merge
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They both use technology extensively, but their core competency is producing content to attract an audience and then selling display ads against that audience.
Henry Blodget: Here's Why Yahoo And AOL Should Immediately Merge
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Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, recently wrote that America's core competency is its ability to attract, develop and unleash creative talent.
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