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competent

adj
/ˈkɒmpətənt/

Etymology

From Middle English competent, conpetent, from Old French competent (modern French compétent), from Latin competens, competentem, present participle of competō (“coincide, be equal to, be capable of”). Compare Dutch competent (“competent”), German kompetent (“competent”), Danish kompetent (“competent”).

  1. derived from competens
  2. derived from competent
  3. inherited from competent

Definitions

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

    • He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
    • I believe in that myself because it has been explained by competent men as the convolutions of the grey matter.
    • That as a competent keyless citizen he had proceeded energetically from the unknown to the known through the incertitude of the void.

  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.
    • judicial authority having competent jurisdiction

  3. Adequate for the purpose.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Functionally in order

      Functionally in order; functioning adequately.

      • a competent sphincter;   a competent cervix;   a competent immune system

    2. Permeable to foreign DNA.

    3. Resistant to deformation or flow.

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Derived

angiocompetent, chemocompetent, competently, dyscompetent, electrocompetent, fibrocompetent, hypercompetent, immunocompetent, incompetent, melanocompetent, multicompetent, neurocompetent, noncompetent, non-incompetent, omnicompetent, osmocompetent, osteocompetent, precompetent, retrocompetent, rhizocompetent, supercompetent, thermocompetent, ultracompetent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at competent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at competent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at competent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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