competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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eye
noun
- An organ of vision: orb. See
see
- The faculty of seeing: eyesight, seeing, sight, vision.
Archaic: light
1. See
see
- Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging: acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, keenness, nose, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, wit. See
ability, careful
- The position from which something is observed or considered: angle
2, outlook, point of view, slant, standpoint, vantage, viewpoint. See
perspective
- A length of line folded over and joined at the ends so as to form a curve or circle: loop, ring
1. See
straight
- The most intensely active central part: midst, thick. See
edge
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Informal. A person whose work is investigating crimes or obtaining hidden evidence or information: detective, investigator, sleuth.
Slang: dick, gumshoe. See
investigate
verb
- To direct the eyes on an object: consider, contemplate, look, view.
Idiom:
clap (or lay) (or set) one's eyes on. See
see
- To look intently and fixedly: gape, gawk, gaze, goggle, ogle, peer
1, stare.
Idioms:
gaze open-mouthed, rivet the eyes on. See
see
- To look at or on attentively or carefully: observe, regard, scrutinize, survey, watch.
Idioms:
have one's (or keep an) eye on, keep tabs on. See
awareness, see
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