capable

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpəb(ə)l/

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 non-stop
  • open to or admitting of something: the strange events are capable of rational explanation
  • 2able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent: she looked enthusiastic and capable a highly capable man

Derivatives

capably

adverb

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'