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core competency

core competency noun: an important special capability or expertise, especially that of a business affording it sustainable competitive advantage.

Noun

core competency (plural core competencies)

  1. An important special capability or expertise, especially that of a business affording it sustainable competitive advantage.
    • The publisher's core competency was paperbacks, but they decided to branch out into online publishing.

core competency meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

core competency in Tamil

தனித் தகுதி, தனித் திறன்

core competency in Indonesian

special expertise
kompetensi inti

Forms of core competency

pluralcore competencies

Questions about core competency

What does core competency mean?
Core competency means an important special capability or expertise, especially that of a business affording it sustainable competitive advantage.
What is core competency in Tamil?
Core competency in Tamil is தனித் தகுதி, தனித் திறன். See Core competency meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is core competency?
Core competency is a noun.
What is the plural of core competency?
The plural of core competency is core competencies.

Words near core competency in the dictionary

  1. core cities
  2. core city
  3. core competence
  4. core competences
  5. core competencies
  6. core competency
  7. core constituencies
  8. core constituency
  9. core constituent
  10. core constituents
  11. core course

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Adapted from Wiktionary: core competency (page history and authors); core competency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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