competent

(kŏm'pĭ-tənt)
adj.

1. Properly or sufficiently qualified; capable: a competent typist.
2. Adequate for the purpose: a competent performance.
3. Law. Legally qualified or fit to perform an act.

[Middle English, adequate, from Old French, from Latin competēns, competent-, present participle of competere, to be suitable. See compete.]

competently com'pe·tent·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Having the ability to perform well: able, capable, good, skilled, skillful. See ability/inability.
2. Being what is needed without being in excess: adequate, comfortable, decent, enough, satisfactory, sufficient. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

adj

Definition: able
Antonyms: inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, unable

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Possessing the necessary reasoning abilities or legal qualifications; qualified; capable; sufficient.

A court is competent if it has been given jurisdiction, by statute or constitution, to hear particular types of lawsuits.

A testator is competent to make a will if he or she understands what a will is and its effects, the nature and extent of the property involved, and the relationships with the people named in the will and those disinherited.

IN BRIEF: To perform with ability.

Sally performed competently at her first piano recital.

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adj

Having legal capacity, ability, or authority.

For a list of words related to competent, see:

• Special, Bright, Skillful, or Unusual

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See words rhyming with "competent."

Common misspelling(s) of competent

• compitent
• competant

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kompetent, lovlig, effektiv, ansvarlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevoegd, bekwaam

Français (French)
adj. - compétent, capable, qualifié, honorable, suffisant, satisfaisant (réponse), (Jur) compétent, habile (à faire)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fähig, kompetent, befähigt, angemessen, zuständig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ικανός, άξιος, αρμόδιος, (νομ.) ικανός για δικαιοπραξία

Italiano (Italian)
competente, abile, capace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - competente, admissível

Русский (Russian)
уполномоченный, компетентный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - competente, facultado, capaz

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kompetent, tillräcklig, behörig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
能干的, 有权能的, 胜任的, 有法定资格的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 能幹的, 有權能的, 勝任的, 有法定資格的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 적임의, 유능한, 충분한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 有能な, 反応能をもつ, 適任で, 要求にかなう, 資格のある, 合法的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قادر, كفوء, متمكن, مختص, ذو صلاحيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יעיל, מוסמך, מתאים, מוכשר‬

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