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- pronunciation:
- kam
p
tnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
capable; qualified.
The test is designed to clearly show whether or not a driver is competent to drive one of these trucks.She's lucky to have found a doctor who is caring as well as competent.
- synonyms:
- able, capable, qualified
- antonyms:
- incapable, incompetent, inept, unequal
- similar words:
- adept, deft, efficient, fit, good, knowledgeable, on the ball, proficient, ready, skilled, skillful, strong
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| definition 2: |
adequate, but usu. not outstanding.
As a teacher, he was competent, but not at all inspiring.- synonyms:
- acceptable, adequate, passable, sufficient
- antonyms:
- inadequate
- similar words:
- effective, enough, satisfactory, so-so, up to snuff
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| definition 3: |
in law, legally capable, qualified, or admissible.
Based on a psychological evaluation, she was judged competent to stand trial.- synonyms:
- admissible, capable, qualified
- antonyms:
- incompetent
- similar words:
- able, rational, reasonable, responsible, sane, sensible, sound
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| related words: |
equal, experienced, expert, lucid, resourceful |
adverb + (adj.)competent
academically,
culturally,
equally,
extraordinarily,
extremely,
fully,
generally,
highly,
legally,
less,
marginally,
mentally,
minimally,
perfectly,
physically,
professionally,
reasonably,
socially,
sufficiently,
technically,
totally
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(adj.)competent
+ adverb
terminally
(adj.)competent
+ noun
administrator,
adolescent,
adult,
advice,
adviser,
attorney,
authority,
care,
caregiver,
classroom,
consent,
counsel,
counselor,
educator,
individual,
instruction,
instructor,
intervention,
investigator,
judgment,
jurisdiction,
lawyer,
learner,
manager,
manner,
musician,
nurse,
patient,
peer,
performance,
performer,
person,
personnel,
physician,
planning,
practice,
practitioner,
professional,
provider,
psychiatrist,
psychologist,
representation,
scholar,
speaker,
staff,
supervision,
surgeon,
teacher,
teaching,
technician,
trial,
tribunal,
user,
witness,
workforce
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| derivation: |
competently (adv.) |
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