com|pe|tent

com|pe|tent
com|pe|tent «KOM puh tuhnt», adjective.
1. properly qualified; able; fitted: »

a competent cook gets high wages. A doctor should be competent to treat many diseases. The girl was so upset she was not competent to decide.

 SYNONYM(S): capable. See syn. under able. (Cf. ↑able)
2. Law. legally qualified: »

Some states say that persons in a confidential or close blood relationship with the testator are not competent as witnesses (William T. Dean).

3. rightfully belonging; permissible (to): »

It is not competent to the defendant to allege fraud in the plaintiff (Sir William Blackstone).

╂[< Latin competēns, -entis, present participle of competere coincide; see etym. under compete (Cf. ↑compete)]
–com´pe|tent|ly, adverb.
–com´pe|tent|ness, noun.
Usage See able for usage note. (Cf. ↑able)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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