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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

/ 藞办蓲尘辫瑟迟蓹苍迟 /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠辞尘辫别迟别苍迟濒测, adverb
  • 藞肠辞尘辫别迟别苍迟苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞尘路辫别路迟别苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍路肠辞尘路辫别路迟别苍迟 adjective
  • 耻濒路迟谤补路肠辞尘路辫别路迟别苍迟 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠辞尘路辫别路迟别苍迟 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of competent1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin competent- (stem of 肠辞尘辫别迟脓苍蝉, present participle of competere 鈥渢o meet, agree鈥); compete, -ent
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of competent1

C14: from Latin 肠辞尘辫别迟脓苍蝉, from competere to be competent; see compete
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Synonym Study

See able.
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鈥淎 friend once remarked,鈥 she writes, 鈥渢hat while most people had very strong, competent exteriors and were a bowl of jelly inside, I was just the opposite.鈥

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In December 1927, it cautioned young women "to become a good cook before you marry, darling. Then you will be competent to rebuke a staff of domestics or to dispense with one".

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With the advent of Donald Trump, the reality principle, along with competent officials capable of apprehending reality, are in such short supply that one could swear appointees are selected for being the worst possible choices.

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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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