COMPETENT
/หkษmpษtษnt/
15
Scrabble
19
WWF
C(3) O(1) M(3) P(3) E(1) T(1) E(1) N(1) T(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/หkษmpษtษnt/
adjective
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.“He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.”
- 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.”
- Adequate for the purpose
- (of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
- Resistant to deformation or flow.
Source: Wiktionary
