competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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shift
verb
- To give up in return for something else: change, commute, exchange, interchange, substitute, switch, trade.
Informal: swap. See
change, substitute
- To leave or discard for another: change, switch. See
change, substitute
- To alter the settled state or position of: dislocate, displace, disturb, move, shake. See
move
- To go or cause to go from one place to another: maneuver, move, remove, transfer. See
move
- To change the direction or course of: avert, deflect, deviate, divert, pivot, swing, turn, veer. See
change
- To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: do, fare, fend, get along, get by, manage, muddle through.
Informal: make out.
Idioms:
make do, make shift. See
thrive
noun
- The act of exchanging or substituting: change, commutation, exchange, interchange, substitution, switch, trade, transposition.
Informal: swap. See
change, substitute
- A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity: bout, go, hitch, inning (often used in plural), spell
3, stint, stretch, time, tour, trick, turn, watch. See
time
- Something used temporarily or reluctantly when other means are not available: expediency, expedient, makeshift, stopgap. See
help, substitute
- An often sudden change or departure, as in a trend: tack, turn, twist. See
change
- A change in normal place or position: dislocation, displacement, disturbance, move, movement, rearrangement. See
move
- The process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another: change, changeover, conversion, metamorphosis, mutation, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, transubstantiation. See
change
- The process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another: change, passage, transit, transition. See
change
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