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acquirement
English
Etymology
From acquire +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??kwa??(?)m?nt/
Noun
acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)
- (now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Riagne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, p. 4,[1]
- […] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, London: for the author, Volume 1, Letter 27, p. 177,[2]
- If she can think, that the part she has had in your education, and your own admirable talents and acquirements, are to be thrown away upon such a worthless creature as Solmes, I could heartily quarrel with her.
- 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, London: Richard Bentley, Volume 1, Chapter 18, p. 305,[3]
- […] there was a degree of deference in his deportment toward that young gentleman which seemed to indicate that he felt himself conscious of a slight inferiority in point of genius and professional acquirements.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Riagne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, p. 4,[1]
- The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]
- […] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]
- 1952, Annual report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
- At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement, during which land values may vary impredictably.
Synonyms
- (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition
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competence
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French compétence, from Late Latin competentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?mp?t?ns/
Noun
competence (countable and uncountable, plural competences)
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
- (countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.
- (linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. w:linguistic competence.
- (dated) A sustainable income.
- (countable, law, politics) the legal authority to deal with a matter.
- (geology) The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.
Synonyms
- ability
- competency
- nous
- savoir-faire
- knack (colloq.)
- aptitude
- See also Thesaurus:skill
Antonyms
- inability
- ineptitude
- incompetence
Related terms
- compete
- competition
- competentness
Translations
References
- “competence” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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