competent

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·pe·tent BrE [ˈkɒmpɪtənt] NAmE [ˈkɑːmpɪtənt] adjective ~ (to do sth)
1. having enough skill or knowledge to do sth well or to the necessary standard
•Make sure the firm is competent to carry out the work.
•He's very competent in his work.
•I don't feel competent to comment.
Opp: ↑incompetent
2. of a good standard but not very good
3. having the power to decide sth
•The case was referred to a competent authority.
Derived Word: ↑competently

Word Origin:
[competent competently] late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable, adequate’): from Latin competent-, from the verb competere in its earlier sense ‘be fit or proper’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.

Example Bank:
•He was not considered competent to teach seven-year-olds.
•She is competent in five languages.
•She was mentally competent and she had the capacity to decide for herself.
•a small number of highly competent officials
•mentally competent to stand trial
•He's very competent in all his work.
•I don't feel competent to comment.
•Make sure the builders are competent to carry out the work.
•Ron was a competent player— more than that, he was good!
•She's now a highly confident and competent teacher.
•You should keep practising until you're fully competent.

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  incompetent, unqualified