Competent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Competent \Com"pe*tent\ (k[o^]m"p[-e]*tent; 94), a. [F.
     comp['e]tent, p. pr. of comp['e]ter to be in the competency
     of, LL. competere to strive after together, to agree with;
     hence, to be fit. See {Compete}.]
     1. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient;
        suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. "A competent


        knowledge of the world." --Atterbury. "Competent age."
        --Grafton. "Competent statesmen." --Palfrey. /"A competent
        witness." --Bouvier.
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     2. Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by
        to. [Rare, except in legal usage.]
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              That is the privilege of the infinite Author of
              things, . . . but is not competent to any finite
              being.                                --Locke.
  
     Syn: See {Qualified}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  competent
       adj 1: properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient;
              "a competent typist" [ant: {incompetent}]
       2: adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "competent":
     OK, able, absolute, acceptable, actionable, adapted, adept,
     adequate, adjusted, all right, ample, applicable, ascendant,
     au fait, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic,
     barely sufficient, capable, checked out, clothed with authority,
     comfortable, commanding, commensurate, consequential, considerable,
     constitutional, controlling, corresponding, decent, dominant, due,
     duly constituted, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient,
     eminent, empowered, enough, equal to, ex officio, finished, fit,
     fitted, fitted for, good, good enough, governing, great, hegemonic,
     hegemonistic, imperative, important, influential, journeyman,
     judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, kosher, lawful, lawmaking,
     leading, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, licit, masterly,
     mighty, minimal, minimum, momentous, monocratic, official, okay,
     plenty, plenty good enough, polished, potent, powerful, preeminent,
     prepared, prestigious, productive, proficient, prominent, proper,
     proportionate, puissant, qualified, ranking, rightful, ruling,
     sanctioned, satisfactory, senior, statutory, substantial,
     sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, suited, superior,
     supreme, totalitarian, up to, up to snuff, valid, weighty,
     well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited, wicked, within the law,
     worthy