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Synonyms for competence
ˈkɒm pɪ tənscom·pe·tence

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  1. competencenoun

    Synonyms:
    nous, knack, savoir-faire, ability, aptitude, competency

    Antonyms:
    inability, ineptitude, incompetence

  2. competencenoun

    The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.

    Synonyms:
    competency, ability, knack, aptitude, savoir-faire, nous

    Antonyms:
    inability, ineptitude, incompetence

  3. competencenoun

    The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.

    Synonyms:
    aptitude, competency, savoir-faire, ability, knack, nous

    Antonyms:
    inability, incompetence, ineptitude

  4. competencenoun

    A sustainable income.

    Synonyms:
    aptitude, competency, knack, ability, nous, savoir-faire

    Antonyms:
    inability, incompetence, ineptitude

  5. competencenoun

    In law, the legal authority to deal with a matter.

    Synonyms:
    nous, aptitude, knack, competency, ability, savoir-faire

    Antonyms:
    ineptitude, inability, incompetence

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  1. competence

    Synonyms:
    power, adequacy, sufficiency, wealth, ability

    Antonyms:
    incompetence, weakness, inability, insufficiency, want, poverty, impecuniosity, indigence

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. competence, competencynoun

    the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

    Synonyms:
    competency

    Antonyms:
    incompetency, incompetence

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  1. competencenoun

    Synonyms:
    ability, ableness, capableness, capacity, qualification, suitableness, fitness

  2. competencenoun

    Synonyms:
    sufficiency, adequateness, adequacy, enough

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How to use competence in a sentence?

  1. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    **(C)(P)-THE URGENCY OF NOW-SITUATION DICTATES THAT WE ACT WITH DUE DILIGENCE AND COMPETENCE TO GET AND ACHIEVE OUR FOCUSED OBJECTIVES. DIFFICULT CONSEQUENCES MAY ARISE FROM DIFFICULT DECISIONS MADE. HINDSIGHT MAY ALWAYS TRY TO VALIDATE FORESIGHT, BUT ONLY IF FORESIGHT WAS PREDICTABLE IN ITS OUTCOMES!

  2. Eddie Rickenbacker:

    Courage is COMPETENCE!

  3. James Grover Thurber:

    One has but to observe a community of beavers at work in a stream to understand the loss in his sagacity, balance, cooperation, competence, and purpose which Man has suffered since he rose up on his hind legs.... He began to chatter and he developed Reason, Thought, and Imagination, qualities which would get the smartest group of rabbits or orioles in the world into inextricable trouble overnight.

  4. Yanis Varoufakis:

    But, you know, in some sense it's hopeless in any case ... I mean, the new terms are even worse, but the terms that they were being offered before were still not going to work. So, I, you know -- I may have overestimated the competence of the Greek government.

  5. Navy Adm. Giuseppe De Giorgi:

    As an old seaman, I offer my deferential salute to the ship captain for having done his job with great dignity and competence, he was last off, as a captain should be.


Translations for competence

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  • مهارةArabic
  • компетентност, способност, вещина, правомощие, меродавност, умениеBulgarian
  • competènciaCatalan, Valencian
  • Können, Sachkunde, Zuständigkeit, Befähigung, Kompetenz, BefugnisGerman
  • competenciaSpanish
  • kompetenssiFinnish
  • compétenceFrench
  • competenzaItalian
  • āheingaMāori
  • competentie, bekwaamheid, bevoegdheidDutch
  • умение, способность, компетенция, компетентность, правомочиеRussian
  • 權限Chinese

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