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
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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 Henry Blodget 2010
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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 Henry Blodget 2010
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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.
How To Think Like Steve Jobs Carmine Gallo 2010
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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.
How To Think Like Steve Jobs Carmine Gallo 2010
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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.
How To Think Like Steve Jobs Carmine Gallo 2010
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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 2009
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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 Henry Blodget 2010
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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 Henry Blodget 2010
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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 Henry Blodget 2010
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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.
How To Think Like Steve Jobs Carmine Gallo 2010
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