competent: Meaning and Definition of

com•pe•tent

1. having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.
2. adequate but not exceptional.
3. (of a witness, a party to a contract, etc.) having legal competence.
4. (of a bed or stratum) able to undergo folding without flowage or change in thickness.