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com·pe·tence I. \ˈkämpəd.ən(t)s, -pətən- also -pətən-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French compétence, from Latin competentia agreement, from competent-, competens (present participle of competere) + -ia -y 1. obsolete : a sufficient supply : sufficiency 2. a. : property or means sufficient for the necessities and conveniences of life : sufficiency without excess < his business acumen … provided his family with a comfortable competence — Rex Ingamells > < those who … kept their shares … reaped competences and small fortunes — Jack Alexander > b. : the condition of possessing or enjoying such sufficiency < living in peace and competence > 3. a. : the quality or state of being functionally adequate or of having sufficient knowledge, judgment, skill, or strength (as for a particular duty or in a particular respect) < drugs that improve the competence of a failing heart > : range of ability or capability < some competence in the operation of a drill press > < a technicality beyond his competence to master > specifically : legal authority, ability, or admissibility < a matter within the competence of a judge to adjudicate > < the committee has no actual competence in criminal matters > b. : legitimacy or validity of a conclusion, logical process, point of view : adequacy < the schooled competence of his observations > 4. : the ability of a stream to transport detritus as measured by the size of the largest particle, pebble, or boulder it can move forward — compare capacity 1i 5. : the capacity of living tissue to react; specifically : the sum of the properties that permit a particular embryonic field to respond in a characteristic manner to the influence of an inductor — compare field, inductor, potency II. noun 1. : readiness of bacteria to undergo genetic transformation 2. : the knowledge which enables a person to speak and understand a language — compare performance herein |