competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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effect
noun
- Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See
cause
- The power or capacity to produce a desired result: effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficacy, efficiency, influence, potency. See
affect
- The condition of being in full force or operation: actualization, being, materialization, realization. See
be
- One's portable property. Used in plural: belonging (often used in plural), good (used in plural), lares and penates, personal effects, personal property, possession (used in plural), property, thing (often used in plural).
Informal: stuff.
Law: chattel, movable (often used in plural). See
owned
verb
- To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir
1 (up), touch off, trigger.
Idioms:
bring to pass (or effect), give rise to. See
start
- To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion: bring off, carry out, carry through, effectuate, execute, put through.
Informal: swing. See
do
- To compel observance of: carry out, enforce, execute, implement, invoke.
Idioms:
put in force, put into action. See
obligation, over
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