Competence
['kɒmpɪt(ə)ns] or ['kɑmpɪtəns]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually.
Checker: Stan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Competency
Typed by Irwin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ability, ableness, capableness, capacity, qualification, suitableness, fitness.[2]. Sufficiency, adequateness, adequacy, enough.
Typed by Ernestine
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Power, adequacy, sufficiency, wealth, ability
ANT:Incompetence, weakness, inability, insufficiency, want, poverty, impecuniosity,indigence
Typist: Ludwig
Examples
- Beyond a competence, it can afford no real satisfaction, as far as mere self is concerned. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- One system embraced men who risked life for a principle, and often men of social standing, competence, or wealth and independence of character. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Though she grieved for the result, yet she did not repent of her marriage, even when her lover returned to bestow competence on her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He has a natural feeling for people like himself, a nd for that which they require: A fair competence and the green meadow without which there is no rest from l abor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Come, what is your competence? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Editor: Ryan