Definitions of ENABLE [ɛnˈeɪ bəl]

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Definition of 'ENABLE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) enable
to make able; provide with means, ability, or opportunity:
A scholarship enabled her to attend college.

2.  enable
to make possible or easy:
Lack of witnesses enabled him to get away with the crime.

3.  enable
to authorize; empower:
documents enabling them to enter the building.

4.  enable
to make ready; equip (often used in combination):
Web-enabled cell phones.

Etymology: (1375–1425)

Definition of 'ENABLE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) enable
render capable or able for some task
"This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"

Definition of 'ENABLE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) enable
≠ prevent
His army training enabled him to survive in the desert.

Definition of 'ENABLE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) ENABLE
to give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong

2. (verb) ENABLE
to make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow

Translation of 'ENABLE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make able by giving means, power or authority (to do something) The money I inherited enabled me to go on a world cruise.
Afrikaans: in staat stel, help	Arabic: يُمَكِّن	Bulgarian: позволявам
Brazilian: permitir	Czech: umožnit	German: ermöglichen
Danish: sætte i stand til; åbne m	Greek: δίνω τη δυνατότητα	Spanish: permitir
Estonian: võimaldama	Farsi: قادر کردن؛ توانمند کردن	Finnish: mahdollistaa
French: rendre qqn capable de	Hebrew: לְאַפשֵׁר	Hindi: योग्य बनाना
Croatian: ovlastiti	Hungarian: képessé/lehetővé tesz	Indonesian: memungkinkan
Icelandic: gera (e-m) kleift eða fær	Italian: permettere	Japanese: 可能にする
Korean: 할 수 있게 하다	Lithuanian: įgalinti, leisti	Latvian: dot iespēju; atļaut
Malay: memungkinkan	Dutch: in staat stellen	Norwegian: sette i stand til, gjøre
Polish: umożliwić	Persian: قادر کردن؛ توانمند کردن	Pashto: وړ كول، لايقول، توان ور ك
Portuguese: permitir	Romanian: aîngădui, a permite (să)	Russian: давать возможность
Slovak: umožniť	Slovenian: omogočiti	Serbian: omogućiti
Swedish: möjliggöra, göra det möjl	Thai: ให้อำนาจ	Turkish: mümkün kılmak, olanak sağ
Taiwanese: 使能夠	Ukrainian: давати змогу	Urdu: قدرت بخشنا
Vietnamese: cho phép	Chinese: 使能够
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