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competence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔm.pə.təns/ (Australia)
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/ˈkɑm.pə.təns/ (Atlantic-Canada, US)
/ˈkɒm.pə.təns/ (New-Zealand)
/ˈkɒm.pə.təns/ (Boston, Canada, Maine)
[ˈkɔ̟m.pə.təns] (New-Zealand)
/ˈkɒm.pə.təns/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French compétence, from Late Latin competentia. Doublet of competency.

Meanings

(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
- Teachers are now required to teach intercultural communicative competence. 2005, Lies Sercu, Ewa Bandura, Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence: An International Investigation:
(countable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, dated, uncountable) A sustainable income.
- Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, / Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence. 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
- 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, […] 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 26:
- “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.” 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 17, in Sense and Sensibility:
(countable) the legal authority to deal with a matter.
- 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. 2016, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, “Division of competences in the European Union”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- 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. 2003, Rodrigo Uprimny, “The constitutional court and control of presidential extraordinary powers in Colombia”, in Democratization, archived from the original on 09 May 2021:
(countable, uncountable) The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
competences	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (71)

bg вещина (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · de Einkommen (income) · gl postestade (legal authority to deal with a matter) · bn আহলিয়াত (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · de Befugnis (legal authority to deal with a matter) · de Zuständigkeit (legal authority to deal with a matter) · bg мерода́вност (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · hu hozzáértés (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · fa باعرضه (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · bg компетентност (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · gl competencia (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · de Zuständigkeit (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · de Kompetenz (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · ru правомо́чие (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · uk компете́нція (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · bn আহলিয়াত (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · gl autoridade (legal authority to deal with a matter) · uk компете́нція (legal authority to deal with a matter) · ru компете́нтность (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · sv duglighet (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · ru уме́ние (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · ota صنعت (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · ka კომპეტენტურობა (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · tr yetkinlik (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · fi pätevyys (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · it competenza (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · de Befähigung (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · pt competência (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · ca competència (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · bg умение (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · de Kompetenz (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · uk компете́нтність (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · bg способност (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · tr yetkinlik (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · de Können (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · gl facultade (legal authority to deal with a matter) · de Befugnis (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · fi kompetenssi (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · ru компете́нция (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · nl bekwaamheid (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · ota هنر (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · es competenza (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · fa باعرضه (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · pl kompetencja (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · he יכולת (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · ca competència (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · gl competencia (legal authority to deal with a matter) · gl competencia (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · nl competentie (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · hi दक्षता (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · he סמכות (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · ru компете́нтность (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · hi दक्षता (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · fr compétence (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · ru спосо́бность (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · uk компете́нтність (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · tr yetki (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · fi kompetenssi (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · fr compétence (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · de Unterhalt (income) · mi āheinga (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · he סמכות (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · tr yetki (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · nl bevoegdheid (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · fi pätevyys (the quality or state of being competent for a general role) · de Sachkunde (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · uk компете́нтність (legal authority to deal with a matter) · bg правомощие (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · uk компете́нція (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · nl competentie (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task) · pt competência (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task)

competence en · NOUN

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