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Definition of the day : « competent »

  • adj able
Example sentences :
  • He reached out a square, competent hand, and put it over hers.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It is so difficult to keep ‘heights that the soul is competent to gain.’
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Who is going to say whether an applicant is competent to pilot a balloon or airship?
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The expectation of acquiring a competent fortune did not last long.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • It had died down and left him competent as ever to handle the scene.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • He told what he saw, or what was guarantied to him by competent witnesses.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • I put in a word for Herr Feltz, because I am convinced that he is a most competent man.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • Now, I should like to see it in the hands of a good and competent man.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • What are the qualities by virtue of which this claim is made, and allowed by every competent judge?
  • Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
  • In other words, the hypothetical cause is, so far, competent to produce effects similar to those of the real cause.
  • Extract from : « A Critical Examination Of The Position Of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On The Origin Of Species," In Relation To The Complete Theory Of The Causes Of The Phenomena Of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley