Usually means: Skills and abilities for tasks.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word competences:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. competences: Merriam-Webster
  2. competences: Vocabulary.com
  3. Competences, competences: Wordnik
  4. competences: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. competences: Wiktionary
  6. competences: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. competences: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. competences: Legal dictionary
  3. competences: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. competences: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. competences: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. competences: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

(Note: See competence as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (competence)

noun:  (uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
noun:  (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 or skill.
noun:  (linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence.
noun:  (dated) A sustainable income.
noun:  (countable, law, politics) the legal authority to deal with a matter.
noun:  (geology) The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.
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