Usually means: Ability to effectively perform tasks.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word competence:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. competence: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. competence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. competence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. competence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. competence: Vocabulary.com
  6. Competence, competence: Wordnik
  7. competence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. competence: Wiktionary
  9. competence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. competence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. competence: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. competence: Dictionary.com
  13. competence: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Competence (biology), Competence (disambiguation), Competence (geology), Competence (human resources), Competence (law), Competence (linguistics), Competence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Competence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. competence: Rhymezone
  17. Competence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. competence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. competence: Free Dictionary
  20. competence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. competence: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Competence: bizterms.net
  5. Competence (law), competence: Legal dictionary
  6. Competence: Financial dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Competence (biology), competence: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Competence: Glossary of Medical Education Terms
  3. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  4. competence: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See competences as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
noun:  (countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.
noun:  (linguistics) The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence.
noun:  (dated) A sustainable income.
noun:  (countable, law, politics) the legal authority to deal with a matter.
noun:  (geology) The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.

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