Definitions for competent

competent com·pe·tent

Spelling: [kom-pi-tuh nt]
IPA: /ˈkɒm pɪ tənt/

Competent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in competent (ceemnoptt).

Definitions for competent

adjective

  1. having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified:
  2. adequate but not exceptional.
  3. Law. (of a witness, a party to a contract, etc.) having legal competence, as by meeting certain minimum requirements of age, soundness of mind, or the like.
  4. Geology. (of a bed or stratum) able to undergo folding without flowage or change in thickness.

Origin of competent

1350-1400; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin competent- (stem of competēns, present participle of competere to meet, agree). See compete, Examples for competent

What they found was that most people preferred to work with the lovable fool rather than the competent jerk.

But he had a personal fortune—he spent $1.5 million of his own money on the race—and a competent, if uninspired, message.

What competent judge in the world would tolerate such open displays of defiance?

It had died down and left him competent as ever to handle the scene.

“Either of the MiG types must be honored, especially in the hands of a competent pilot,” the retired pilot said.

The expectation of acquiring a competent fortune did not last long.

The job of Speaker has to include setting a competent, moral tone for the Congress in particular, and the government in general.

Who is going to say whether an applicant is competent to pilot a balloon or airship?

He reached out a square, competent hand, and put it over hers.

It is so difficult to keep ‘heights that the soul is competent to gain.’

Word Value for competent
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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