I'm casting aspersions on his competency as a statistician.
Source: tatoeba (879201)
Competency
//ˈkɑm.pə.tən.si//
Synonyms for "competency" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- авторите́тност noun (ability to perform some task)
Danish
3 entries- kompetence noun (ability to perform some task)
- kompetence noun (law: meeting specified qualifications to perform)
- kompetens noun (linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure)
Dutch
3 entries- bekwaamheid noun (ability to perform some task)
- bevoegdheid noun (law: meeting specified qualifications to perform)
- competentie noun (ability to perform some task)
Finnish
4 entries- kielitaito noun (linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure)
- kompetenssi noun (ability to perform some task)
- pätevyys noun (ability to perform some task)
- pätevyys noun (law: meeting specified qualifications to perform)
French
1 entries- compétence noun (linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure)
Ido
1 entries- kompetenteso noun (ability to perform some task)
Latvian
2 entries- kompetence noun (ability to perform some task)
- kompetence noun (law: meeting specified qualifications to perform)
Norwegian
1 entries- kompetanse noun (ability to perform some task)
Portuguese
4 entries- aptidão noun (ability to perform some task)
- competência noun (ability to perform some task)
- competência noun (linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure)
- qualificação noun (law: meeting specified qualifications to perform)
Turkish
1 entries- yetkinlik noun (ability to perform some task)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The board of directors lacked competency.
Source: tatoeba (8180049)
The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.
Source: wiktionary
What professional competencies do science teachers need?
Source: wiktionary
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