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- Dictionarycompetent/ˈkɒmpɪt(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully: "a highly competent surgeon"
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having the skills or knowledge to do something well enough to meet a basic standard: [ + to infinitive ] All we want is someone competent to manage the staff. law having enough mental ability for a particular purpose: [ + to infinitive ] The judge decided that he was competent to stand trial.
The meaning of COMPETENT is proper or rightly pertinent. How to use competent in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Competent.
Competent definition: having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified. See examples of COMPETENT used in a sentence.
If you are competent, you have the necessary ability or skills to do something. If you can carry a heavy tray of food and store a table's worth of orders in your head, you are probably a competent waiter.
having the skills or knowledge to do something well enough to meet a basic standard: [ + to infinitive ] All we want is someone competent to manage the staff. law having enough mental ability for a particular purpose: [ + to infinitive ] The judge decided that he was competent to stand trial.
having the power to decide something. The case was referred to a competent authority. Definition of competent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
competent. ( ˈkɒmpɪtənt) adj. 1. having sufficient skill, knowledge, etc; capable. 2. suitable or sufficient for the purpose: a competent answer. 3. (Law) law (of a witness) having legal capacity; qualified to testify, etc. 4. (foll by: to) belonging as a right; appropriate.
