competency

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
  2. Noun.  The ability to perform some task; competence.
  3. Noun.  (legal) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
  4. Noun.  (linguistics) implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.

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