"competent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒmpətənt/ Audio: en-us-competent.ogg [US] 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, {{m|enm|conpetent}} conpetent, {{der|en|fro|competent}} Old French competent, {{cog|fr|compétent}} French compétent, {{der|en|la|competens|competens, competentem}} Latin competens, competentem, {{m|la|competō||coincide, be equal to, be capable of}} competō (“coincide, be equal to, be capable of”), {{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': 84 4 5 5 3
  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': 17 76 2 3 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': 10 2 84 3 1
  4. (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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 3 3 59 14 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  5. (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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          "text": "For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court."
        },
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          "issue"
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          "question"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67",
          "text": "For if they [birds] had been Viviparous, the burthen of their womb, if they had brought forth any competent number at a time, had been ſo big and heavy, that their wings would have failed them, and ſo every body would have had the wit to catch the Old one."
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          "adequate"
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          "purpose",
          "purpose"
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        "Permeable to foreign DNA."
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          "biology",
          "biology"
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          "Permeable",
          "permeable"
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          "foreign",
          "foreign"
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          "DNA"
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        "(biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA."
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        "natural-sciences"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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          "geology"
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          "Resistant",
          "resistant"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jeṙnhas",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "ձեռնհաս"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kompetent",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "կոմպետենտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "karoġ",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "կարող"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "irazek",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "իրազեկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ōẇakeph",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "ওয়াকেফ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vešt",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "вещ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sposoben",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "способен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kompetenten",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "компетентен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "skilled",
      "word": "competent"
    },
    {
      "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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