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competent
[ kom-pi-tuhnt ]
adjective
- having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified:
He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.
Synonyms: , ,
- adequate but not exceptional.
- 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.
- Geology. (of a bed or stratum) able to undergo folding without flowage or change in thickness.
competent
/ ˈɒɪəԳ /
adjective
- having sufficient skill, knowledge, etc; capable
- suitable or sufficient for the purpose
a competent answer
- law (of a witness) having legal capacity; qualified to testify, etc
- postpositivefoll byto belonging as a right; appropriate
Derived Forms
- ˈdzٱԳٱ, adverb
- ˈdzٱԳٲԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- dz··ٱԳ· adverb
- ԴDz·dz··ٱԳ adjective
- ܱ·ٰ·dz··ٱԳ adjective
- ܲ·dz··ٱԳ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more "competent" government.
Good sleep hygiene is a crucial competent of any top-level athlete's approach to fitness and wellbeing.
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".
“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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