competence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: competence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for competence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
competence n the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually Synonym(s): competence, competency Antonym(s): incompetence, incompetency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Competence \Com"petence\, Competency \Com"petency\, n. [Cf. F. comp[82]tence, from L. competentia agreement.] 1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power. The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause. --Burke. To make them act zealously is not in the competence* of law. --Burke. 2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence. --Pope. Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. --Shak. 3. (Law) (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. --Kent.