Competent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Competent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
competent adj properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist" Antonym(s): incompetent adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance" legally qualified or sufficient; "a competent court"; "competent testimony" Antonym(s): incompetent, unqualified
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Competent \Com"petent\ (?; 94), a. [F. comp[82]tent, p. pr. of comp[82]ter to be in the competency of, LL. competere to strive after together, to agree with; hence, to be fit. See {Compete}.] 1. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. [bd]A competent* knowledge of the world.[b8] --Atterbury. [bd]Competent age.[b8] --Grafton. [bd]Competent statesmen.[b8] --Palfrey. /[bd]A competent witness.[b8] --Bouvier. 2. Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to. [Rare, except in legal usage.] That is the privilege of the infinite Author of things, . . . but is not competent to any finite being. --Locke. Syn: See {Qualified}.