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    ca·pa·ble
    [ˈkāpəb(ə)l]
    adjective
    capable (adjective)
    1. (capable of doing something)
      having the ability, fitness, or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing:
      "I'm quite capable of taking care of myself" · "the aircraft is capable of flying 5,000 miles nonstop"
      • open to or admitting of something:
        "the strange events are capable of rational explanation"
    2. able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent:
      "she looked enthusiastic and capable" · "a highly capable man"
    Origin
    mid 16th century (in the sense ‘able to take in’, physically or mentally): from French, from late Latin capabilis, from Latin capere ‘take or hold’.
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    adjective
    1. having the ability, fitness, or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing:
      have the ability to
      have the potential to
      be equal to (the task of)
      be up to
      be disposed to
      be inclined to
      be prone to
      be liable to
      be likely to
      be apt to
      have what it takes to
      • open to or admitting of something:
        be open to
        be susceptible of
        admit of
        allow of
    2. able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent:
      competent
      able
      efficient
      effective
      proficient
      accomplished
      adept
      apt
      practiced
      experienced
      qualified
      skillful
      skilled
      masterly
      talented
      gifted
      clever
      intelligent
      handy
      useful
      habile
      Opposite:
      incompetent
      inept
     
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