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单词 competency
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competencyn.

/ˈkɒmpɪtənsi/
Etymology: < Latin competentia: see -ency suffix. For the sense-history see competence n.
I. In sense of compete v.2
1. Rivalry, competition. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun]
rivality1528
strife1530
envy1541
emulation1552
contention1576
pinglinga1578
countermatch1581
paragon1590
competency1594
corrivality1598
rivalry1598
concurrence1603
contestation1603
competitiona1608
rivalling1607
concurrency1609
strift1612
corrivalry1614
rivalty1631
contest1648
corrivalty1649
coping1678
co-rivalry1835
rivalism1850
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 233 If differences of wits, so far distant as these, do enter into competencie, the one..getteth learning in a trice, and the other..can small skill in the matter.
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 67 The Dominicans strive in competencie with the Franciscans in all things.
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 92 This competencie seruing as a spurre.
1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vi. vii. 20 Things of greater condition are alwayes iniurious to lesser natures, and cannot endure any competencie.
a1637 N. Ferrar tr. J. de Valdés 110 Considerations (1638) 194 The men of the world..have no competency with them.
II. In sense of compete v.1
2. A sufficient supply; a sufficiency of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
fillc893
enoughOE
no lack (of)c1305
sufficiencec1380
suffisancec1381
suffisance1390
sufficienta1450
sufficienty1450
sufficient1470
store1471
sufficientlyc1485
sufficiency1531
satiety1569
strength1593
competence1600
sufficiency1608
competency1616
quantum sufficit1693
quantum suff.1763
adequacy1790
quant. suff.1799
critical mass1947
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Competencie, sufficiency.
1630 M. Dalton Countrey Justice (rev. ed.) xl. 91 Substantiall persons, having competencie of wealth, wisdome, and a good conscience.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. ii. 3 The countrey recovered not a competencie of inhabitants for some hundred yeares after.
1670 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Tracts (1727) 576 A competency of discretion and foresight.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 91. ⁋1 He has a Competency of Fortune without Superfluity.
a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 365 Commissions to return with, of which he had a competency.
3.
a. A sufficiency, without superfluity, of the means of life, a competent estate or income.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > sufficient means
sufficiency1495
competent1574
competency1625
conveniencya1628
competencea1640
conveniencea1680
independency1747
independence1816
1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 8 If the Minister haue a Competencie arising from Tithes, Tradesmen are not bound to make a larger allowance then the Lawes of the Realme binde them vnto.
1631 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man (new ed.) i. i. 67 A Competencie sufficient preferred before surfeit.
1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (ed. 2) Postscr. 160 He would have them to have competencies.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. viii. 67 There is no Happiness in this World, without a Competency . View more context for this quotation
1859 S. Smiles Self-help viii. 206 To retire upon a competency to his native town.
1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron II. i. 7 John..might leave his daughter a competency.
b. The condition of having a sufficient income; easy circumstances; = competence n. 3b.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > state of being well-off
warmness1399
competency1600
competence1738
well-to-do-ness1842
well-to-do-ism1848
well-offness1866
warmth1888
easy street1901
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 9 Superfluitie comes sooner by white haires, but competencie liues longer. View more context for this quotation
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 46 Their general competency is greatly owing to contempt of tyrannic fashions.
1803 Marquess Wellesley Let. 25 Sept. in Select. Despatches (1877) 365 A state of dignity, competency, and comfort.
1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 131 Competency—A financial horizon, which recedes as we advance.
4.
a. Sufficiency of qualification; capacity; = competence n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > competence, fitness, or ability
sufficiencec1384
suffisance1426
opportunity1535
qualification1561
sufficiency1567
fitness1574
qualifiedness1675
adequacy1779
competence1790
competency1797
locus standi1822
1797 E. Burke Third Let. Peace Regicide Directory France 90 The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 400 It is not within our competency to imagine.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. x. 161 To give satisfactory references as to character and competency.
1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 304 To deny the ethical competency of the mind for this office.
b. esp. Law. The quality or position of being legally competent: legal capacity.
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society > law > legal power > [noun] > possession of legal authority to act
competency1609
competence1708
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > admissibility in court
competency1767
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. xxii. 93 Whose competencie was of tender touch: Although his might was small, his right was much.
1650 Exerc. conc. Usurp. Power 81 They that teach..the competency, yea duty, of any that have force to play the Magistrate.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 377 The judges were extremely strict in regard to the credibility, or rather the competency, of the witnesses.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 445 She refused..to acknowledge the competency of the tribunal before which she was called.
c. Geology. The condition of being competent (see 4d).
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > weight-bearing capacity
competency1893
1893 B. Willis in U.S. Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep. ii. 251 The size of a competent anticline is directly as the competency of the effective stratum and inversely as the load.
1940 E. S. Hills Outl. Struct. Geol. iv. 78 A small degree of competency is sufficient to ensure that some slipping will go along the bedding planes.
d. = competence n. 4d.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > by wind, water, or ice > competence or capacity
competence1877
capacity1885
profile of equilibrium1894
competency1909
1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
1939 W. H. Twenhofel Princ. Sedimentation vi. 191 Competency is defined as the ability of currents to transport in terms of dimensions of particles. Competency depends upon velocity and turbulence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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