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competence

/ˈkɒmpətəns/

An illustration for competence

noun

ability to do something in a fully satisfactory way

  • “No one doubts his competence for this position.”Tatoeba
  • “Develop your linguistic competence as much as possible.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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