Competent and Read

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Competent

Competent adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
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Read and competent are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Read" with "Competent", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Words: competence, compete, competently, competency, competing

Read

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
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Competent and read are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Competent" instead an adjective "Read".
Nearby Words: reading, reader, readable, readability, readably

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  • Took a Level in Kindness: Snape is considerably kinder (read: strictly professional instead of a Jerkass) to students in his NEWT class because they've shown themselves to be reasonably competent and he doesn't have to keep them from accidentally killing themselves.
    Source: Fanfic / Princess of the Blacks
  • An Evil Overlord, who’s read the list and is thus far more confident (and competent) than he should be?
    Source: So You Want To / Write A Magnificent Bastard
  • Series / Longmire Hand Waved simply with "I read." The Ferg in the second season; he goes from cuddly doofus to a very competent and smart investigator.
    Source: Series / Longmire
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