COMPETENT


Meaning of COMPETENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkäm-pə-tənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, suitable, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin competent-, competens, from present participle of competere

Date: 15th century

1. : proper or rightly pertinent

2. : having requisite or adequate ability or qualities : fit

a competent teacher

a competent piece of work

3. : legally qualified or adequate

a competent witness

4. : having the capacity to function or develop in a particular way ; specifically : having the capacity to respond (as by producing an antibody) to an antigenic determinant

immunologically competent cells

Synonyms: see sufficient

• com·pe·tent·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.