Competence is the ability to perform some task. Incompetence is its opposite.

• Competence (biology), the ability of a cell to take up DNA
• Competence (human resources), a standardized requirement for an individual to properly perform a specific job
• Competence (law), the mental capacity of an individual to participate in legal proceedings

Domains of competenceEdit

• Linguistic competence, the ability to speak and understand language in a grammatically correct manner
• Communicative competence
• Four stages of competence
• Ethical principle: Competence
• Intercultural competence2006
• Cultural competence
• Metacommunicative competence
• Linguistic competence
• Emotional competence
• Professional competence

See alsoEdit

• Competence-based management
• Core competency
• Four stages of competence
• Skill