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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pe•tence /ˈkɑmpɪtəns/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the quality of being competent;
adequacy.
See -pet-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pe•tence (kom′pi təns),USA pronunciation n. - the quality of being competent;
adequacy;
possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity:He hired her because of her competence as an accountant. - sufficiency;
a sufficient quantity. - an income sufficient to furnish the necessities and modest comforts of life.
- Law(of a witness, a party to a contract, etc.) legal capacity or qualification based on the meeting of certain minimum requirements of age, soundness of mind, citizenship, or the like.
- Developmental Biology[Embryol.]the sum total of possible developmental responses of any group of blastemic cells under varied external conditions.
- Linguisticsthe implicit, internalized knowledge of a language that a speaker possesses and that enables the speaker to produce and understand the language. Cf. performance (def. 8).
- Immunologyimmunocompetence.
- Geologythe ability of a fluid medium, as a stream or the wind, to move and carry particulate matter, measured by the size or weight of the largest particle that can be transported.
- compet(ent) + -ence 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: competence /ˈkɒmpɪtəns/ n - the condition of being capable; ability
- a sufficient income to live on
- the state of being legally competent or qualified
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