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Competent
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What's The Definition Of Competent?
[adj] adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"
[adj] properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist" Synonyms | Synonyms for Competent: able | adequate | capable | effective | efficient | qualified | workmanlike Related Terms | Find terms related to Competent: able | absolute | acceptable | actionable | adapted | adept | adequate | adjusted | all right | ample | applicable | ascendant | au fait | authoritarian | authoritative | authorized | autocratic | barely sufficient | capable | checked out | clothed with authority | comfortable | commanding | commensurate | consequential | considerable | constitutional | controlling | corresponding | decent | dominant | due | duly constituted | effective | effectual | efficacious | efficient | eminent | empowered | enough | equal to | ex officio | finished | fit | fitted | fitted for | good | good enough | governing | great | hegemonic | hegemonistic | imperative | important | influential | journeyman | judicial | juridical | just | justiciable | kosher | lawful | lawmaking | leading | legal | legislative | legit | legitimate | licit | masterly | mighty | minimal | minimum | momentous | monocratic | official | OK | okay | plenty | plenty good enough | polished | potent | powerful | preeminent | prepared | prestigious | productive | proficient | prominent | proper | proportionate | puissant | qualified | ranking | rightful | ruling | sanctioned | satisfactory | senior | statutory | substantial | sufficient | sufficient for | sufficing | suitable | suited | superior | supreme | totalitarian | up to | up to snuff | valid | weighty | well-fitted | well-qualified | well-suited | wicked | within the law | worthy See Also | skilled Competent In Webster's Dictionary \Com"pe*tent\ (?; 94), a. [F. comp['e]tent, p. pr. of
comp['e]ter to be in the competency of, LL. competere to
strive after together, to agree with; hence, to be fit. See
{Compete}.]
1. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient;
suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. ``A competent
knowledge of the world.'' --Atterbury. ``Competent age.''
--Grafton. ``Competent statesmen.'' --Palfrey. /``A
competent witness.'' --Bouvier.
2. Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by
to. [Rare, except in legal usage.]
That is the privilege of the infinite Author of
things, . . . but is not competent to any finite
being. --Locke.
Syn: See {Qualified}.
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