competent

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more competent

Superlative

most competent

1.
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
2.
(law) 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
3.
Adequate for the purpose.
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.
4.
(biology, medicine, of an organ, tissue, or system) Functionally in order; functioning adequately.
a competent sphincter; a competent cervix; a competent immune system
5.
(biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
6.
(geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.

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Trái nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English competent, conpetent, from Old French competent (modern compétent), from Latin competens, competentem, present participle of competō (coincide, be equal to, be capable of). Compare competent competent, kompetent competent, kompetent competent.