competence
/ˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ns/
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American sound/ˈkɒmpɪt(ə)ns/
competence
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- Final e often stays silent
com - pe - tence -> competence
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကျွမ်းကျင်လိမ္မာမှု။ လုပ်ရည်ကိုင်ရည်။ အရည်အချင်း။ အစွမ်းအစ။ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်အာဏာ။
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competence /'kɒmpÇtǝns/ n [U]
၁။ ~ (as/in sth); ~ (in doing sth/to do sth) ကျွမ်းကျင်လိမ္မာမှု။ လုပ်ရည်ကိုင်ရည်။ အရည်အချင်း။ အစွမ်းအစ။
No one doubts her competence as a teacher. ❍ Many have begun to doubt the government's competence in managing/to manage the economy.
၂။ (law ) လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်အာဏာ။
matters within/beyond the competence of the court (ie ones that it can/cannot legally deal with).
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capability, ability, skill, fitness, aptitude, proficiency, competency, know-how, experience, expertise, adequacy, appropriateness, capacity, cutting it, cutting the mustard, hacking it, making the grade, makings, might, moxie, qualification, qualifiedness, savvy, suitability, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes
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