Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precompetence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-c-om-pe-tence
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being precompetent; the state preceding, and leading to, competence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the second extract, the teacher formulated Anna's resistance as reported by Tonie as a prewillingness rather than unwillingness. She constructed Anna's prewillingness as founded in her precompetence, rather than incompetence."

Etymology

From pre- + competence.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does precompetence mean?: The quality of being precompetent; the state preceding, and leading to, competence.
Where does precompetence come from?: From pre- + competence.

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