competent meaning
EN[ˈkɒmpətənt]US
FR compétent
- AdjectiveCOMmore competentSUPmost competentPREcom-SUF-ent
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
- (law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
- For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.
- judicial authority having competent jurisdiction
- Adequate for the purpose.
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- A business suit and briefcase help her to come across as the competent professional she is.
- The resultant amplificons (about 1.4 kb) were then ligated upstream to the pSB1C3 vector containing an RFP reporter and transformed to competent cells carrying HrpRS AND gate modules in pSB4A5.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of competent in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adjectives
- en competently
- en competentness
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