competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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re·cap·ture
 (r  -k  p  ch  r)
KEY
NOUN:
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- The act of retaking or recovering.
- The condition of having been retaken or recovered.
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Law
The act or an instance of retaking booty or goods.
- Something recaptured.
- The lawful taking by a government of a fixed amount of the profits of a public-service corporation in excess of a stipulated rate of return.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
re·cap·tured
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re·cap·tur·ing
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re·cap·tures
- To capture again.
- To recall:
an attempt to recapture the past.
- To acquire by the government procedure of recapture.
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