competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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start
verb
- To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, take on, take up, undertake.
Informal: kick off.
Idioms:
get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See
start
- To come into being: arise, begin, commence, originate. See
start
- To bring into existence formally: constitute, create, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, set up. See
start
- To move suddenly and involuntarily: bolt, jump. See
move
- To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust: blench
1, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, shy
1, wince. See
approach, seek
noun
- The act or process of bringing or being brought into existence: beginning, commencement, inauguration, inception, incipience, incipiency, initiation, launch, leadoff, opening, origination.
Informal: kickoff. See
start
- The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, spring. See
start
- A sudden and involuntary movement: bolt, jump, startle. See
move
- A factor conducive to superiority and success: advantage, handicap, head start, odds, vantage. See
help
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