Meaning | The quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually. |
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Synonym | competence |
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Narrower | fitness | The quality of being qualified |
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linguistic competence | (linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance) |
proficiency | The quality of having great facility and competence |
Broader | ability | The quality of being able to perform |
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Opposite | incompetence, incompetency | lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications |
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Spanish | aptitud, capacidad, competencia |
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Catalan | capacitat, competència, preparació |
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Adjectives | competent | properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient |
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competent | adequate for the purpose |