All 6 Uses

competent
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Lone Survivor
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That second week was very hard for a lot of guys, and my memory is clear: the instructors preached competence in all techniques and exercises.†
Chpt 3. *

competence = ability
Those of you who survive Hell Week will still have to face the pool competency test-that's in second phase-and then the weapons practicals in third phase.†
Chpt 4.
This is difficult, but we had to master it before we could take the major pool competency test.†
Chpt 5.
I failed my pool competency, like a whole lot of others.†
Chpt 5.
But the slightest sign of weakness in pool competency, and they wouldn't take the chance.†
Chpt 5.
It look them a while, because this required interrogation, a skill at which we were all very competent.†
Chpt 6.

competent = sufficiently capable

Definitions:

(1) (competent)
capable (able to do something in a generally satisfactory manner) -- sometimes specifically to have legal capability
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In the field of law, competent has the specialized meaning of being legally qualified to do something such as to be mentally fit to make reasonable decisions; or to have jurisdiction or authority to take an action.

In classic literature, a competency can refer to having an income or assets to support living expenses.