<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.</li><li>Synonyms: proficient, capable, fit.</li><li>adequate but not exceptional.</li><li>Law: (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.</li><li>Geology: (of a bed or stratum) able to undergo folding without flowage or change in thickness.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an expert.</li></ul>