competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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dream
 (dr  m)
KEY
NOUN:
- A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
- A daydream; a reverie.
- A state of abstraction; a trance.
- A wild fancy or hope.
- A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration:
a dream of owning their own business.
- One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful:
Our new car runs like a dream.
VERB:
dreamed
or
dreamt
(dr  mt)
KEY
,
dream·ing
,
dreams
VERB:
intr.
- To experience a dream in sleep:
dreamed of meeting an old friend.
- To daydream.
- To have a deep aspiration:
dreaming of a world at peace.
- To regard something as feasible or practical:
I wouldn't dream of trick skiing on icy slopes.
VERB:
tr.
- To experience a dream of while asleep:
Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?
- To conceive of; imagine.
- To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
PHRASAL VERBS:
dream on
Informal
- Used in the imperative to indicate that a statement or suggestion is improbable or unrealistic.
dream up
- To invent; concoct:
dreamed up a plan to corner the market.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English drem, from Old English dram, joy, music; akin to Old Saxon dr m, mirth, dream
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