• Competence (biology)
  Competence (biology)
  In microbiology, genetics, cell biology and molecular biology, competence is the ability of a cell to take up extracellular DNA from its environment...
  
  , the ability of a cell to take up DNA
• Competence (geology)
  Competence (geology)
  In geology competence refers to the degree of resistance of rocks to either erosion or deformation in terms of relative mechanical strength. In mining 'competent rocks' are those in which an unsupported opening can be made. Competent rocks are more commonly exposed at outcrop as they tend to form...
  
  , the resistance of a rock against either erosion or deformation
• Competence (human resources)
  Competence (human resources)
  Competence is the ability of an individual to perform a job properly. A competency is a set of defined behaviors that provide a structured guide enabling the identification, evaluation and development of the behaviors in individual employees. As defined, the term "competence" first appeared in...
  
  , a standardized requirement for an individual to properly perform a specific job
• Competence (law)
  Competence (law)
  In American law, competence concerns the mental capacity of an individual to participate in legal proceedings. Defendants that do not possess sufficient "competence" are usually excluded from criminal prosecution, while witnesses found not to possess requisite competence cannot testify...
  
  , the mental capacity of an individual to participate in legal proceedings
  • Competency evaluation (law)
    Competency evaluation (law)
    In the United States criminal justice system, a competency evaluation is an assessment of the ability of a defendant to understand and rationally participate in a court process....
    
    
• Jurisdiction
  Jurisdiction
  Jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility...
  
  , the authority of a legal body to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility
• Linguistic competence
  Linguistic competence
  Linguistic competence is the system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, it is in contrast to the concept of Linguistic performance, the way the language system is used in communication...
  
  , the ability to speak and understand language.
• Communicative competence
  Communicative competence
  Communicative competence is a term in linguistics which refers to a language user's grammatical knowledge of syntax, morphology, phonology and the like, as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately....
  
  , the ability to speak and understand language.

See also

• Competence-based management
  Competence-based management
  Competence-based Strategic Management is a relatively new way of thinking about how organizations gain high performance for a significant period of time...
  
  
• Core competency
  Core competency
  A core competency is a concept in management theory originally advocated by CK Prahalad, and Gary Hamel, two business book writers. In their view a core competency is a specific factor that a business sees as being central to the way it, or its employees, works...
  
  
• Four stages of competence
  Four stages of competence
  In psychology, the four stages of competence, or the "conscious competence" learning model, relates to the psychological states involved in the process of progressing from incompetence to competence in a skill.-History:...
  
  
• Skill
  Skill
  A skill is the learned capacity to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills...