Competence

//ˈkɑm.pə.təns//

Synonyms for "competence" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (45)

Related words (76)

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Translations

76 translations across 23 languages.

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Bengali

2 entries
  • আহলিয়াত noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • আহলিয়াত noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вещина noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • компетентност noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • мерода́вност noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • правомощие noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Catalan

2 entries
  • competència noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • competència noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bekwaamheid noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • bevoegdheid noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • competentie noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • competentie noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kompetenssi noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • kompetenssi noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • pätevyys noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • pätevyys noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

French

2 entries
  • compétence noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • compétence noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Galician

4 entries
  • autoridade noun (legal authority to deal with a matter)
  • competencia noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • competencia noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • competencia noun (legal authority to deal with a matter)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კომპეტენტურობა noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)

German

4 entries
  • Befugnis noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • Befugnis noun (legal authority to deal with a matter)
  • Befähigung noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • Einkommen noun (income)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • יכולת noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • סמכות noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • סמכות noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Hindi

2 entries
  • दक्षता noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • दक्षता noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hozzáértés noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Italian

1 entries
  • competenza noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)

Māori

1 entries
  • āheinga noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • صنعت noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • هنر noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Persian

2 entries
  • باعرضه noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • باعرضه noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Polish

1 entries
  • kompetencja noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • competência noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • competência noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Russian

4 entries
  • компете́нтность noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • компете́нтность noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • компете́нция noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • правомо́чие noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Spanish

4 entries
  • autorización noun (legal authority to deal with a matter)
  • competencia noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • competencia noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • competencia noun (legal authority to deal with a matter)

Swedish

1 entries
  • duglighet noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Turkish

4 entries
  • yetki noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • yetki noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • yetkinlik noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • yetkinlik noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • компете́нтність noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)
  • компете́нтність noun (the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.)
  • компете́нтність noun (legal authority to deal with a matter)
  • компете́нція noun (the quality or state of being competent for a general role.)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Ted doesn't have the competence to teach English.

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Linguistic competence is inborn, not acquired.

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Develop your linguistic competence as much as possible.

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Competence and performance are two different things.

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