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competency
English
Etymology
From French compétence.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?mp?t?nsi/
Noun
competency (countable and uncountable, plural competencies)
- (obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
- 1612, John Smith, Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 178:
- the next day they returned unsuspected, leaving their confederates to follow, and in the interim, to convay them a competencie of all things they could […]
- 1892, Ambrose Bierce, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians - A Holy Terror
- […] it would appear that before taking this precaution Mr. Bree must have had the thrift to remove a modest competency of the gold […]
- 1612, John Smith, Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 178:
- (obsolete) A sustainable income.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116:
- He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it. He knew that the lack made a man petty, mean, grasping; it distorted his character and caused him to view the world from a vulgar angle; when you had to consider every penny, money became of grotesque importance: you needed a competency to rate it at its proper value.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116:
- The ability to perform some task; competence.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- (law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
- (linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:skill
Translations
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knack
English
Etymology
Use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by onomatopoeia. Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /næk/
- Audio (UK)
- Rhymes: -æk
Noun
knack (plural knacks)
- A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580]
- Synonyms: skill, facility, dexterity
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 254a.
- The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;
- A petty contrivance; a toy.
- Synonyms: plaything, knickknack, toy
- Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. [from mid 14th c.]
- Synonyms: trick, device
Derived terms
- knackless
Translations
Verb
knack (third-person singular simple present knacks, present participle knacking, simple past and past participle knacked)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
- To speak affectedly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations
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