capable

Definitions


[ˈkeɪpəbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having the ability, fitness, or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing
(e.g: I'm quite capable of taking care of myself)

- able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent
(e.g: she looked enthusiastic and capable)


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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’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries