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competent

/ˈkɒmpətənt/

An illustration for competent

adjective

fully qualified or capable of doing

  • “At first sight he seems to be a very competent person.”Tatoeba
  • “My colleague was replaced by a less competent person.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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