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competence
[ kom-pi-tuhns ]
noun
- the quality of being competent; adequacy; possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity:
He hired her because of her competence as an accountant.
- an income sufficient to furnish the necessities and modest comforts of life.
- sufficiency; a sufficient quantity.
- 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.
- Embryology. the sum total of possible developmental responses of any group of blastemic cells under varied external conditions.
- Linguistics. the implicit, internalized knowledge of a language that a speaker possesses and that enables the speaker to produce and understand the language. Compare performance ( def 8 ).
- Immunology. immunocompetence.
- Geology. the 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.
competence
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noun
- the condition of being capable; ability
- a sufficient income to live on
- the state of being legally competent or qualified
- embryol the ability of embryonic tissues to react to external conditions in a way that influences subsequent development
- linguistics (in transformational grammar) the form of the human language faculty, independent of its psychological embodiment in actual human beings Compare performance langue parole
competence
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- The ability of bacteria to be undergo genetic transformation .
- The ability to respond immunologically to an antigen, as in an immune cell responding to a virus.
- The ability to function normally because of structural integrity, as in a heart valve.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of competence1
Example Sentences
It’s also true that ego and incompetence are well-established tropes in movies about the movies, and that in a comedy, ego and incompetence count for more than selfless competence.
Federal Public Safety Minister David McGuinty, who endorsed Carney, told the BBC that he "embodies the kind of quiet determination, but steely determination and competence to deal with some of these big issues".
“We believe that whether you are a doctor, an accountant, a lawyer, or an air traffic controller, you should be hired and promoted based on skill and competence, not race or gender,†he said.
The point is simple: The Trump administration is showing extreme governing competence in helping Los Angeles recover from the wildfires, and no signs at all of punishing a deeply blue state.
"This is not only for reasons of democratic legitimacy but also for reasons of institutional competence."
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