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competent

[ kom-pi-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified:

    He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. adequate but not exceptional.
  3. Law. (of a witness, a party to a contract, etc.) having legal competence, as by meeting certain minimum requirements of age, soundness of mind, or the like.
  4. Geology. (of a bed or stratum) able to undergo folding without flowage or change in thickness.


competent

/ ˈɒɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. having sufficient skill, knowledge, etc; capable
  2. suitable or sufficient for the purpose

    a competent answer

  3. law (of a witness) having legal capacity; qualified to testify, etc
  4. postpositivefoll byto belonging as a right; appropriate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzٱԳٱ, adverb
  • ˈdzٱԳٲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • dz··ٱԳ· adverb
  • ԴDz·dz··ٱԳ adjective
  • ܱ·ٰ·dz··ٱԳ adjective
  • ܲ·dz··ٱԳ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of competent1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin competent- (stem of dzŧԲ, present participle of competere “to meet, agree”); compete, -ent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of competent1

C14: from Latin dzŧԲ, from competere to be competent; see compete
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Synonym Study

See able.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more "competent" government.

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Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more "competent" government.

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Good sleep hygiene is a crucial competent of any top-level athlete's approach to fitness and wellbeing.

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Andrew Madden, senior Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor said Williams' driving on that day "clearly fell far below what would be expected of a competent and careful driver".

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“What critiques of D.E.I. tend to imply, but never quite openly say, is that competent white people are being replaced with incompetent Black people,” Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor wrote in The New Yorker.

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