different between fitting vs competent
fitting
English
Alternative forms
- (ready): fittin', fittin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t??
Verb
fitting
- present participle of fit
- (informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.
- I'm fitting to go home and sleep.
Synonyms
- (ready): fixing to (see also going to)
Adjective
fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)
- Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping
Translations
Noun
fitting (countable and uncountable, plural fittings)
- A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
- (engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
- The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
- (manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
- (chiefly Britain, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
- the fittings of a church or study
- (uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
- Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.
Derived terms
- fitting-out
- fitting room (noun)
Translations
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competent
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)
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
- (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
- 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.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:
- (biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
- (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)
- competent (having sufficient skill)
- Antonym: incompetent
- (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)
- competent
Inflection
Derived terms
- competentie
- incompetent
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: kompeten
Latin
Verb
competent
- 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)
- 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)
- competent
Declension
Related terms
- competen??
- competi?ie
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