competent
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpətənt/
The English word “competent” has 6 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
- Adequate for the purpose.
- Functionally in order; functioning adequately.
- Permeable to foreign DNA.
- Resistant to deformation or flow.
Etymology
From Middle English competent, conpetent, from Old French competent (modern French compétent), from Latin competens, competentem, present participle of competō (“coincide, be equal to, be capable of”). Compare Dutch competent (“competent”), German kompetent (“competent”), Danish kompetent (“competent”).
Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “competent” there
More English words
- competence
- competence porn
- competence-competence
- competency
- competently
- competentness
- competible
- competibleness
About this dictionary
The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.
Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.