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competence

/ˈkɑm.pə.təns/noun3 syllables

Competence means: the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually.

Synonyms for competence6

noun, as in the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

competency

also used for competence

ability, nous, savoir-faire, knack, aptitude

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of competence

incompetence

What does competence mean?1

noun

1

the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Competence in a sentence

  • Develop your linguistic competence as much as possible.unknown
  • He has extensive experience and his competence has branched out into several fields.neron
  • No one doubts his competence for this position.Tom9358
  • I have always admired his competence in reading and understanding complex texts.Tom9358
  • Ted doesn't have the competence to teach English.handsomelyian
  • But English competence is not everything when it comes to writing well.Hybrid
  • Linguistic competence is inborn, not acquired.unknown
  • Competence and performance are two different things.DJ_Saidez

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of competence

as a noun

plural
competences