Complete Definition of "competency"

rfc-trans|multiple senses, but no note as to which sense is covered by translation
English

Noun
en-noun|competenc|ies

  1. The ability to perform some task.
  2. law Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
  3. linguistics Sub-conscious knowledge of a native language's structure.

Quotations
"By the year 2000, American students will leave grades four, eight, and twelve having demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter including English, mathematics, science, history, and geography...." - Bill Clinton, My Life, 2004
"I believe in that myself because it has been explained by competent men as the convolutions of the grey matter." - James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922
"That as a competent keyless citizen he had proceeded energetically from the unknown to the known through the incertitude of the void." - James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922

Translations
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Danish: kompetence
Dutch: bekwaamheid f
Finnish: kompetenssi
French: compétence
Hebrew: �ש�ר�ת (kshirut) f (1,2)
Hindi: य���यता
Italian: competenza f
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Latvian: kompetence
Norwegian: kompetanse
Portuguese: competência f (1,3), qualificação f (2)
Telugu: సమర�థత (samarthata)
Thai: THchar|�วาม��ี�ยว�า����า� (kwaam chîeow-chaan nai ngaan)
Turkish: uygunluk
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Translations to be checked
ttbc|Spanish: capacidad f, cualidades f|p, competencia f

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