"competent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒmpətənt/ Audio: en-us-competent.ogg Forms: more competent [comparative], most competent [superlative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peth₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|competent}} Middle English competent, {{der|en|fro|competent}} Old French competent, {{cog|fr|compétent}} French compétent, {{der|en|la|competens|competens, competentem}} Latin competens, competentem, {{cog|nl|competent||competent}} Dutch competent (“competent”), {{cog|de|kompetent||competent}} German kompetent (“competent”), {{cog|da|kompetent||competent}} Danish kompetent (“competent”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} competent (comparative more competent, superlative most competent)
  1. Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. Translations (skilled): ձեռնհաս (jeṙnhas) (Armenian), կոմպետենտ (kompetent) (Armenian), կարող (karoġ) (Armenian), իրազեկ (irazek) (Armenian), ওয়াকেফ (ōẇakeph) (Bengali), вещ (vešt) (Bulgarian), способен (sposoben) (Bulgarian), компетентен (kompetenten) (Bulgarian), competent (Catalan), 技艺娴熟的 (Chinese Mandarin), bekwaam (Dutch), bevoegd (Dutch), capabel (Dutch), competent (Dutch), kompetenta (Esperanto), pätevä (Finnish), osaava (Finnish), etevä (Finnish), taitava (Finnish), competente (Galician), kompetent (German), kompetens (Hungarian), hozzáértő (Hungarian), jártas (Hungarian), cekap (Malay), matatau (Maori), kaha (Maori), toa (Maori), competent (Occitan), شایسته (šâyeste) (Persian), kompetentny (Polish), competente (Portuguese), компете́нтный (kompeténtnyj) (Russian), comasach (Scottish Gaelic), competente (Spanish), компете́нтний (kompeténtnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-competent-en-adj-P3pDARNq Disambiguation of 'skilled': 78 4 5 6 4 2
  2. (law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: having jurisdiction or authority): իրավասու (iravasu) (Armenian), компетентен (kompetenten) (Bulgarian), мерода́вен (merodáven) (Bulgarian), competent (Catalan), 有法定权力的 (Chinese Mandarin), příslušný (Czech), bevoegd (Dutch), toimivaltainen (Finnish), compétent (French), zuständig (German), illetékes (Hungarian), kompetens (Hungarian), właściwy (Polish), competente (Portuguese), компете́нтный (kompeténtnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-competent-en-adj-t9-66res Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: having jurisdiction or authority': 18 63 4 7 6 2
  3. Adequate for the purpose. Translations (adequate for a purpose): käyttökelpoinen (Finnish), кадарен (kadaren) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-competent-en-adj-FRITiLfH Disambiguation of 'adequate for a purpose': 12 3 71 8 5 1
  4. (biology, medicine, of an organ, tissue, or system) Functionally in order; functioning adequately. Categories (topical): Biology, Medicine
    Sense id: en-competent-en-adj-IOtiqomY Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  5. (biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-competent-en-adj-QeHZrWTH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 5 5 24 39 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 5 7 16 43 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 6 3 16 4 5 16 42 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 16 2 3 17 47 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 17 7 8 14 41 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 17 7 7 15 42 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 6 8 15 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 6 8 15 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 6 6 15 37 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 6 8 13 44 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 5 7 13 48 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 6 8 15 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 6 8 13 45 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 18 6 8 15 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 6 8 15 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 7 6 17 39 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 17 7 8 14 41 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 17 7 8 14 41 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 5 6 19 43 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 6 8 15 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 18 6 8 15 42 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 17 7 8 15 41 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 7 9 15 41 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 8 9 19 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 5 7 13 48 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 24 6 8 14 39 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 5 7 14 48 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 6 8 15 43 9 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  6. (geology) Resistant to deformation or flow. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-competent-en-adj-MfDvSmjA Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bicompetent, competence, competentness, compete, competition, tricompetent
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "技艺娴熟的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "bekwaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "bevoegd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "capabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "competent"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "kompetenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "pätevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "osaava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "etevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "taitava"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "competente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "kompetent"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "kompetens"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "hozzáértő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "jártas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "cekap"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "matatau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "kaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "toa"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "competent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šâyeste",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "شایسته"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "kompetentny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "competente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kompeténtnyj",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "компете́нтный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "comasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "competente"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kompeténtnyj",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "компете́нтний"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "iravasu",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "իրավասու"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kompetenten",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "компетентен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "merodáven",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "мерода́вен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "competent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "有法定权力的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "příslušný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "bevoegd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "toimivaltainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "compétent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "zuständig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "illetékes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "kompetens"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "właściwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "competente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kompeténtnyj",
      "sense": "law: having jurisdiction or authority",
      "word": "компете́нтный"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adequate for a purpose",
      "word": "käyttökelpoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kadaren",
      "sense": "adequate for a purpose",
      "word": "кадарен"
    }
  ],
  "word": "competent"
}

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