TubeTalkTubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “competent”
Hear “competent” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for competent
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of competent with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What Works: Gender Equality by Design
and are competent, but we do not like Heidi
- Definition summary
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce competent
What Works: Gender Equality by Design
and are competent, but we do not like Heidi
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “competent”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- (law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
- Adequate for the purpose.
- (biology, medicine, of an organ, tissue, or system) Functionally in order; functioning adequately.
- (biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
- (geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.
Practice Nearby Words
capable, able, effective, qualified, adequate, efficient, workmanlike, competence, proficiency, proficient, skill, applicable, expertise, expert, suitable, well-qualified, knowledgeable, proper, well-informed, appropriate, ably, pertinent, fit, eligible, relevant, good, cognizant, valid, empowered, talented, skilled, agency, wise, qualifying, competency, sane, authority, authoritative, authorised, meritorious, legitimate, authorized, relating, permitting, specialized, accountable, power, responsibility, specialist, respective, corresponding, professional, responsible, trained, interested, clever, supervisory, jurisdictional, related, jurisdiction, right, juridical, supervisor, manager, charge, competitive, involved, committee, concerned, director, skilful, office, specialised, comp, incompetent, head, desk, heads, lead, appointing, authorising, skills, well-trained, adept, seasoned, practiced, accomplished, masterly, apt, skillful, gifted, experienced, trustworthy, reliable, knowledgable, confident, resourceful, intelligent, inexperienced, serviceable
Similar Sounds
competent, competente, competence, combatant, combattant, competency, competently, compton, incompetent, compston, comptons, confitent, competing, impotent, competed, conodont, compellent, content, confident, constant, compliment, competitor, component, complement, compliant, composite, combatants, competance, confidente, campton, componant, kempton, constante, kimpton, complicant, cumpston, comitance, kompliment, competition, complaint, compound, confidant, competitions, confidante, commandant, composting, capitate, competencies, commutate, combating, capitano, combated, constint, combatting, combatted, connotate, competences, campione, comedone, cumbent, copped it, campuzano, commodate, komplett, connoted, keep at it, kommandant, compen, incompetente, idempotent, comedones, competencia, copatain