competent
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkɒmpətənt/
competent
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
- (legal) 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
- 1662, Henry More, S An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67 ↗:
- 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.
- 1662, Henry More, S An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67 ↗:
- (biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
- German: kompetent
- Portuguese: competente
- Russian: компете́нтный
- Spanish: competente
- French: compétent
- German: zuständig
- Portuguese: competente
- Russian: компете́нтный
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