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enable — UK US /ɪˈneɪbl/ verb [T] ► to make someone or something able to do something, or to make something possible: enable sb/sth to do sth »This software will enable us to track orders more efficiently. »Recent technology has enabled the development of … Financial and business terms
enable — enable, empower are comparable when meaning to make one able to do something. In ordinary usage enable implies provision of the means or opportunity, empower, the granting of the power or the delegation of the authority, to do something {an… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
enable — I verb abet, aid, allow, approve, arm, assist, authorize, capacitate, confer, consent, emancipate, empower, endow, facilitate, facultatem facere, give ability, give authority, give means, give permission, give power, grant, help, homini rei,… … Law dictionary
Enable — En*a ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enabled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enabling}.] 1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] Who hath enabled me. 1 Tim. i. 12. [1913 Webster] Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
enable — early 15c., to make fit; mid 15c., to make able to, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) make, put in + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Enabled; enabling … Etymology dictionary
enable — [v] allow, authorize accredit, approve, capacitate, commission, condition, empower, endow, facilitate, fit, give power, implement, invest, let, license, make possible, permit, prepare, provide the means*, qualify, ready, sanction, set up,… … New thesaurus
enable — ► VERB 1) provide with the ability or means to do something. 2) make possible. DERIVATIVES enablement noun enabler noun … English terms dictionary
enable — [en ā′bəl, inā′bəl] vt. enabled, enabling 1. a) to make able; provide with means, opportunity, power, or authority [financial aid enabled Lou to attend college] b) to authorize, allow, or permit [legislation enabling free trade, software enabling … English World dictionary
enable — 01. Using a computer has [enabled] me to do my work much more quickly and efficiently. 02. New discoveries in genetics may someday [enable] doctors to detect many inherited diseases before people actually develop them. 03. New employment programs … Grammatical examples in English
enable — [[t]ɪne͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ enables, enabling, enabled 1) VERB If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it. [V n to inf] The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early. [V n to… … English dictionary
enable */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈeɪb(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms enable : present tense I/you/we/they enable he/she/it enables present participle enabling past tense enabled past participle enabled to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something… … English dictionary
