Competent and Ready

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Competent

Competent adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
Usage example: any competent mechanic should be able to fix that
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Ready and competent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead an adjective "Competent".
Nearby Words: competence, compete, competently, competency, competing

Ready

Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.
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Competent and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Competent" instead an adjective "Ready".
Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

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  • Theatre / Twelfth Night Then subverted when Andrew's ready for a rematch — only to meet Viola's actually competent Half Identical Twin instead.
    Source: Theatre / Twelfth Night
  • While DiNozzo is usually a Jerk Jock who's always got a smartass comment ready, when he's put in charge he's almost as competent as Gibbs.
    Source: Number Two
  • In the real world, given that the play is clearly nowhere close to being ready to present to the audience, a competent director would postpone opening night.
    Source: Theatre / Noises Off
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