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Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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need

noun
  1. A condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted: exigence, exigency, necessity. See necessary
  2. Something indispensable: condition, essential, must, necessity, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, sine qua non. See necessary
  3. Something asked for or needed: demand, exigence, exigency (often used in plural), want. See necessary, over
  4. An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion: burden 1, charge, commitment, duty, imperative, must, obligation, responsibility. See obligation
  5. The condition of being extremely poor: beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want. See rich
verb
  1. To be required or compelled to do: must. Idioms: have got to, have to, must needs. See necessary
  2. To be without what is needed, required, or essential: lack, require, want. See owned

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