competence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
government
human-sciences
law
linguistics
natural-sciences
politics
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French compétence, from Late Latin competentia. Doublet of competency.
Inflected forms:
form: competences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Teachers are now required to teach intercultural communicative competence.
gloss: The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A sustainable income.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
examples: Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, / Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence.
“money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Beyond a competence, it can afford no real satisfaction, as far as mere self is concerned.”
A few years ago there lived in a city on the Mississippi a happy family, consisting of a husband, wife, and two children. They were in comfortable circumstances—he able to earn a competence—kind, affable, affectionate, […]
gloss: the legal authority to deal with a matter.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The bill was denied royal assent because the Scottish Parliament does not have legislative competence on the bill's matter.
K C Wheare's definition of federalism requires that two governments be independent and co-ordinate within their own spheres, generally set out by the division of competences codified in a constitution, which is supreme.
Also, the Constitutional Court has tried to reduce impunity in cases of human rights abuses by narrowly interpreting the legal competence of military justice to investigate military and police officers.
gloss: The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: ability
competency
nous
savoir-faire
knack
aptitude
Antonyms: inability
ineptitude
incompetence
Related words: compete
competition
competentness
Derived words: communicative competence
competence-competence
competence porn
core competence
dyscompetence
emotional competence
Gillick competence
hypercompetence
immunocompetence
multicompetence
neurocompetence
noncompetence
omnicompetence
osmocompetence
overcompetence
retrocompetence
rhizocompetence
strategic competence
undercompetence
Translations:
lang: Bengali
word: আহলিয়াত
roman: ahliẏat
lang: Bulgarian
word: способност
roman: sposobnost
lang: Bulgarian
word: умение
roman: umenie
lang: Bulgarian
word: вещина
roman: veština
lang: Catalan
word: competència
lang: Dutch
word: competentie
lang: Dutch
word: bekwaamheid
lang: Finnish
word: pätevyys
lang: Finnish
word: kompetenssi
lang: French
word: compétence
lang: Galician
word: competencia
lang: Georgian
word: კომპეტენტურობა
roman: ḳomṗeṭenṭuroba
lang: German
word: Kompetenz
lang: German
word: Befähigung
lang: German
word: Zuständigkeit
lang: Hebrew
word: יכולת
roman: yekhólet
lang: Hebrew
word: סמכות
roman: samkhút
lang: Hindi
word: दक्षता
roman: dakṣatā
lang: Italian
word: competenza
lang: Māori
word: āheinga
lang: Persian
word: باعرضه
roman: bâ'-orze
lang: Polish
word: kompetencja
lang: Portuguese
word: competência
lang: Russian
word: спосо́бность
roman: sposóbnostʹ
lang: Russian
word: уме́ние
roman: uménije
lang: Russian
word: компете́нтность
roman: kompeténtnostʹ
lang: Spanish
word: competenza
lang: Turkish
word: yetki
lang: Turkish
word: yetkinlik
lang: Ukrainian
word: компете́нтність
roman: kompeténtnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: компете́нція
roman: kompeténcija
lang: Bengali
word: আহলিয়াত
roman: ahliẏat
lang: Bulgarian
word: компетентност
roman: kompetentnost
lang: Bulgarian
word: правомощие
roman: pravomoštie
lang: Bulgarian
word: мерода́вност
roman: merodávnost
lang: Catalan
word: competència
lang: Dutch
word: competentie
lang: Dutch
word: bevoegdheid
lang: Finnish
word: pätevyys
lang: Finnish
word: kompetenssi
lang: French
word: compétence
lang: Galician
word: competencia
lang: German
word: Kompetenz
lang: German
word: Sachkunde
lang: German
word: Befugnis
lang: German
word: Können
lang: Hebrew
word: סמכות
roman: samkhút
lang: Hindi
word: दक्षता
roman: dakṣatā
lang: Hungarian
word: hozzáértés
lang: Persian
word: باعرضه
roman: bâ'-orze
lang: Portuguese
word: competência
lang: Russian
word: компете́нтность
roman: kompeténtnostʹ
lang: Russian
word: правомо́чие
roman: pravomóčije
lang: Russian
word: компете́нция
roman: kompeténcija
lang: Swedish
word: duglighet
lang: Turkish
word: yetki
lang: Turkish
word: yetkinlik
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: صنعت
roman: sanʼat, zanʼat
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: هنر
roman: hüner
lang: Ukrainian
word: компете́нтність
roman: kompeténtnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: компете́нція
roman: kompeténcija