competent

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Synonyms: component, competence, incompetent, complement, competency, compresent, compete, competing, compatient, competed, competes

Antonyms: component, competence, incompetent, complement, competency, compresent, compete, competing, compatient, competed, competes

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Adjective

1. Having sufficient [[skill]], [[knowledge]], [[ability]], or [[qualifications]].
2. {{lb|en|legal}} Having [[jurisdiction]] or [[authority]] over a particular [[issue]] or [[question]].
3. {{U|adequate}} for the [[purpose]].
4. {{lb|en|biology|medicine|of an organ, tissue, or system}} {{U|functionally}} [[in order]]; [[functioning]] adequately.
5. {{lb|en|biology|of a cell wall}} {{U|permeable}} to [[foreign]] [[DNA]].
6. {{lb|en|geology}} {{U|resistant}} to [[deformation]] or [[flow]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|Christianity}} A [[catechumen]] selected for [[baptism]].

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