COMPETENCE
- the quality of being competent also COMPETENCY [n -S]
- The scope of a person's or group's knowledge or ability
- The ability to do something successfully or efficiently
- A skill or ability
- The legal authority of a court or other body to deal with a particular matter
- The ability of a criminal defendant to stand trial, as gauged by their mental ability to understand the proceedings and to assist defense lawyers
- A speaker's subconscious, intuitive knowledge of the rules of their language
- Effective performance of the normal function
- An income large enough to live on, typically unearned
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