competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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noun
- An act of directing the eyes on an object: contemplation, look, regard, sight. See
see
- The act of examining carefully: check, checkup, examination, inspection, perusal, scrutiny, study.
Informal: going-over. See
investigate
- Something believed or accepted as true by a person: belief, conviction, feeling, idea, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, sentiment. See
opinion
- That which is or can be seen: lookout, outlook, panorama, perspective, prospect, scene, sight, vista. See
see
- What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, why.
Idioms:
end in view, why and wherefore. See
planned, purpose
verb
- To direct the eyes on an object: consider, contemplate, eye, look.
Idiom:
clap (or lay) (or set) one's eyes on. See
see
- To look at carefully or critically: check (out), con, examine, go over, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, traverse.
Informal: case.
Idiom:
give a going-over. See
investigate
- To look upon in a particular way: account, consider, deem, esteem, reckon, regard, see. See
perspective
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