competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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spot
noun
- A very small mark: dash, dot, fleck, pinpoint, point, speck. See
marks
- A mark of discredit or disgrace: black eye, blemish, blot, onus, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish.
Archaic: attaint.
Idiom:
a blot on one's escutcheon. See
marks, respect
- A particular portion of space chosen for something: location, locus, place, point. See
place
- A post of employment: appointment, berth, billet, job, office, place, position, situation, slot.
Slang: gig. See
place
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Informal. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition: box
1, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight
1, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble.
Informal: bind, pickle. See
easy
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Chiefly British. A tiny amount: bit
1, crumb, dab
1, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap
1, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit. See
big
verb
- To mark or soil with spots: bespatter, blotch, spatter, splatter, splotch. See
marks
- To put in or assign to a certain position or location: emplace, install, locate, place, position, set
1, site, situate. See
place
- To perceive, especially barely or fleetingly: catch, descry, detect, discern, espy, glimpse, spy. See
see
- To perceive and fix the identity of, especially with difficulty: descry, discern, distinguish, make out, pick out. See
see
- To look for and discover: find, locate, pinpoint. See
get
adjective
- Having no particular pattern, purpose, organization, or structure: chance, desultory, haphazard, hit-or-miss, indiscriminate, random, unplanned. See
planned
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