- having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.
- adequate but not exceptional.
- (of a witness, a party to a contract, etc.) having legal competence, as by meeting certain minimum requirements of age, soundness of mind, or the like.
- (of a bed or stratum) able to undergo folding without flowage or change in thickness.
- having sufficient skill, knowledge, etc; capable
- suitable or sufficient for the purpose
- (of a witness) having legal capacity; qualified to testify, etc
- belonging as a right; appropriate
