COMPETENT
\kˈɒmpɪtənt], \kˈɒmpɪtənt], \k_ˈɒ_m_p_ɪ_t_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of COMPETENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
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Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to.
By Oddity Software
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Competently.
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Having sufficient ability, authority, or qualifications; fulfilling all requirements; sufficient; adequate; able; qualified.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Suitable, fit, adequate, proportionate; without defect or superfluity; reasonable, moderate; qualified, fit ; consistent with.
By Thomas Sheridan
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).