Meaning

• Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.

  "He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder."

• Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.

  "For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court."

• Adequate for the purpose

• (of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.

• Resistant to deformation or flow.