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competence
UK /ˈkɒm.pə.təns/ US /ˈkɑm.pə.təns/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
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.
2
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.
3
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.
4
A sustainable income.
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, / Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence.
“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.”
5
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.
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