competent adj

1 properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist" [ant: incompetent]

2 adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.

   He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.

2. 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.

Quotations

• "I believe in that myself because it has been explained by competent men as the convolutions of the grey matter." - James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922
• "That as a competent keyless citizen he had proceeded energetically from the unknown to the known through the incertitude of the void." - James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922

Translations

Competence is the ability to perform some task. Incompetence is its opposite.

• Competence (biology), the ability of a cell to take up DNA
• Competence (human resources), a standardized requirement for an individual to properly perform a specific job
• Competence (law), the mental capacity of an individual to participate in legal proceedings
• Jurisdiction, the authority of a legal body to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility
• Linguistic competence, the ability to speak and understand language in a grammatically correct manner

See also

• Competence-based management
• Core competency
• Four stages of competence
• Skill

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