When you pretend to understand what someone said, however you did not understand a thing they said.
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I compretended what she said so she would leave me alone.
by THEnuthouse June 13, 2018
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My boss just explained the project to me and I nodded like I understood, but I was just compretending.
by CaptainRong1 December 23, 2013
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Pretending to have competence in an area, usually in a professional setting, where one's ability to pretend to know a subject may go further than actual knowledge. Think Dilbert + competence + pretense
Jesper's compretence led him to rise quickly in the company.
- Was Sarah's experience a match for the new project?
- No, but she had enough compretence that management didn't see through her bullshit.
- Was Sarah's experience a match for the new project?
- No, but she had enough compretence that management didn't see through her bullshit.
by Erolinthesky February 22, 2017
Get the Compretence mug.I knew I had a copretendency when I asked my boyfriend to open a beer I could open myself so that he would have something to offer me.
by Legs4days January 10, 2021
Get the copretendency mug.1. When it is clearly too fantastic to 'Comprehend' a fact or opinion, but you are instead left in a state of 'comprehenderendement.'
2. If you are too retarded to say 'Compris' in french and that falls out instead.
3. Say it backwards.
2. If you are too retarded to say 'Compris' in french and that falls out instead.
3. Say it backwards.
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