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English

Noun

  1. The quality or state of being able or suitable for a general role; the quality or state of being competent for a general role.
  2. * 2005, Lies Sercu and Ewa Bandura, Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence: An International Investigation:
  3. *: Teachers are now required to teach intercultural communicative competence.
  4. The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.
  5. * 1961, National Council for Elementary Science (U.S.), Science Education:
  6. *: What professional competences do science teachers need?


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  • German: {{t+|de|Kompetenz|f}}, {{t+|de|Befähigung|f}}, {{t+|de|Zuständigkeit|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Kompetenz|f}}, {{t+|de|Sachkunde|f}}, {{t-|de|Befugnis|f}}, {{t-|de|Können|n}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Competence \Com"pe*tence\, Competency \Com"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Cf.
F. comp['e]tence, from L. competentia agreement.]
1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy;
power.
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The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental
resources, the competency of this kingdom to the
assertion of the common cause. --Burke.
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To make them act zealously is not in the competence
of law. --Burke.
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2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and
conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.
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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,
Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence.
--Pope.
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Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but
competency lives longer. --Shak.
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3. (Law)
(a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the
competency of a witness or of a evidence.
(b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take
cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge
or court. --Kent.
[1913 Webster]

5. the quality of being adequately or well qualified
physically and intellectually, especially possession of
the skill and knowledge required (for a task).
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet competence
n : the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically
and intellectually [syn: competency] [ant: incompetence]
Moby Dictionary
ability
, ableness , absolute power , absolutism , address , adeptness ,
adequacy
, adequate supply , adequateness , adroitness , airmanship ,
appropriateness
, artfulness , artisanship , artistry , authority ,
bare minimum
, bare sufficiency , bravura , brilliance , caliber ,
capability
, capableness , capacity , cleverness , command , competency ,
condition
, constituted authority , control , coordination , craft ,
craftsmanship
, cunning , deftness , delegated authority , dexterity ,
dexterousness
, dextrousness , diplomacy , divine right , efficacy ,
efficiency
, enough , exact measure , expertise , facility , faculty ,
finesse
, fitness , fittedness , flair , genius , grace , grip ,
handiness
, horsemanship , indirect authority , ingeniousness ,
ingenuity
, inherent authority , jus divinum , just enough , know-how ,
lawful authority
, legal authority , legitimacy , marksmanship ,
mastership
, mastery , maturity , might , minimum , power ,
practical ability
, preparedness , prerogative , proficiency , prowess ,
qualification
, quickness , readiness , regality , resource ,
resourcefulness
, right , right amount , rightful authority , ripeness ,
royal prerogative
, satisfaction , satisfactoriness ,
satisfactory amount
, savoir-faire , savvy , seamanship , seasoning ,
skill
, skillfulness , style , sufficiency , sufficient ,
sufficientness
, suitability , suitableness , suitedness ,
susceptibility
, tact , tactfulness , talent , technical brilliance ,
technical mastery
, technical skill , technique , tempering ,
the goods
, the say , the say-so , the stuff , timing , trim ,
vested authority
, vicarious authority , virtuosity , what it takes ,
wit
, wizardry , workmanship


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