a competent knowledge of french
1competent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having the necessary skill or knowledge to do something successfully. 2) satisfactory or adequate, though not outstanding: she spoke quite competent French. 3) having legal authority to deal with a particular matter. DERIVATIVES… …
2competent — com|pe|tent [ˈkɔmpıtənt US ˈka:m ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of competere to be suitable ; COMPETE] 1.) having enough skill or knowledge to do something to a satisfactory standard ≠ ↑incompetent ▪ A… …
3competent — adjective 1》 having the necessary ability or knowledge to do something successfully. ↘acceptable and satisfactory: he spoke quite competent French. 2》 (of a court or other body) having legal authority to deal with a particular matter.… …
4The Legislative Assembly and the fall of the French monarchy — The French Revolution was a period in the history of France covering the years 1789 to 1799, in which republicans overthrew the Bourbon monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church perforce underwent radical restructuring. This article covers the one… …
5EDUCATION, JEWISH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline. Bibliography at the end of a section is indicated by (†). in the biblical period the nature of the sources historical survey the patriarchal period and the settlement the kingdom the… …
6Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von — born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe Weimar German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philosopher. In 1773 Goethe provided the Sturm und Drang movement with its first major drama, Götz von Berlichingen, and …
7Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — Portrait by Gustave Courbet, 1865 Full name Pierre Joseph Proudhon Born 15 January 1809(1809 01 15) …
8Richard Lalor Sheil — Richard Lalor Sheil † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Richard Lalor Sheil Dramatist, prose writer, and politician, b. at Drumdowny, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 17 August, 1791; d. at, Florence, Italy, 25 May, 1851. His father, Edward Sheil, who …
9Cournot, Antoine-Augustin — born Aug. 28, 1801, Gray, France died March 31, 1877, Paris French economist and mathematician. The first economist to apply mathematics effectively to the treatment of economic questions, he made important contributions with his discussion of… …
10Jeremias de Dekker — or Decker (c. 1610 November 1666) was a Dutch poet.He was born in Dordrecht. His father was a native of Antwerp, who, having embraced the reformed religion, had been compelled to take refuge in the Netherlands. Entering his father s business at… …
