different between competent vs basic

English

Etymology

From Middle English competent, conpetent, from Old French competent (modern French compétent), from Latin competens, competentem, present participle of compet? (“coincide, be equal to, be capable of”). Compare Dutch competent (“competent”), German kompetent (“competent”), Danish kompetent (“competent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?mp?t?nt/

Adjective

competent (comparative more competent, superlative most competent)

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

   He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
2. (law) 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.

   judicial authority having competent jurisdiction

3. Adequate for the purpose
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:

     For if they [birds] had been Viviparous, the burthen of their womb, if they had brought forth any competent number at a time, had been ?o big and heavy, that their wings would have failed them, and ?o every body would have had the wit to catch the Old one.

4. (biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
5. (geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.

Antonyms

• incompetent

Related terms

• bicompetent
• competence
• competentness
• compete
• competition
• tricompetent

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin compet?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kom.p??tent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum.p??ten/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom.pe?tent/

Adjective

competent (masculine and feminine plural competents)

1. competent (having sufficient skill)

   Antonym: incompetent

2. (law) competent (having jurisdiction or authority)

Derived terms

• competentment

Related terms

• competència
• competir
• incompetent

Further reading

• “competent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “competent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “competent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “competent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch competent, from Middle French competent, from Latin compet?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m.p??t?nt/
• Hyphenation: com?pe?tent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

competent (comparative competenter, superlative competentst)

1. competent

Inflection

Derived terms

• competentie
• incompetent

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kompeten

Latin

Verb

competent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of compet?

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin compet?ns.

Adjective

competent m (feminine singular competenta, masculine plural competents, feminine plural competentas)

1. competent

Derived terms

• competentament

Related terms

• competéncia
• incompetent

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French compétent, Latin competens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.pe?tent/

Adjective

competent m or n (feminine singular competent?, masculine plural competen?i, feminine and neuter plural competente)

1. competent

Declension

Related terms

• competen??
• competi?ie

English

Etymology

base +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?s?k/
• Rhymes: -e?s?k
• Hyphenation: ba?sic

Adjective

basic (comparative more basic, superlative most basic)

1. Necessary, essential for life or some process.

1. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

2. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
3. (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
   • 2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:

     I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic.

   • 2014, Trevor Thrall, "Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be", The Daily Campus (Southern Methodist University), Volume 99, Issue 54, 3 February 2014, page 4:

     And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic. My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.

   • 2015, Lily Kunda, "A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7:

     "I couldn't get into it, I could barely understand what he's saying – it had too much cursing and explicit language," said Cortnee Brandon. "I think his lyrics are easy...he's basic. Kendrick Lamar is kind of overrated."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:bare-bones
• (chemistry): alkaline

Antonyms

• (chemistry): acidic

Derived terms

• basically
• BASIC

Translations

Noun

basic (plural basics)

1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

   Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.

2. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

3. (military) Basic training.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• SABIC

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English BASIC.

Noun

basic m (invariable)

1. (computing) BASIC

Anagrams

• bisca

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

basic m (feminine singular basica, masculine plural basics, feminine plural basicas)

1. basic