competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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verb
- To apprehend (images) by use of the eyes: behold, perceive.
Scots: ken. See
see
- To perceive with a special effort of the senses or the mind: descry, detect, discern, distinguish, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, remark. See
knowledge, see
- To form mental images of: conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, think, vision, visualize.
Informal: feature. See
thoughts
- To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, sense, take, take in, understand.
Informal: savvy.
Slang: dig.
Chiefly British: twig.
Scots: ken.
Idioms:
get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See
understand
- To look upon in a particular way: account, consider, deem, esteem, reckon, regard, view. See
perspective
- To know in advance: anticipate, divine, envision, foreknow, foresee. See
foresight, see
- To participate in or partake of personally: experience, feel, go through, have, know, meet
1 (with), suffer, taste (of), undergo.
Archaic: prove.
Idiom:
run up against. See
participate
- To be with another person socially on a regular basis: date, go out.
Informal: take out. See
connect
- To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, stop (by or in), visit.
Idiom:
pay a visit. See
seek
phrasal verb
see to
- To have the care and supervision of: attend, care for, look after, mind, minister to, tend
2, watch.
Idioms:
keep an eye on, look out for, take care (or charge) of, take under one's wing. See
care for
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