Definitions for enable
ɛnˈeɪ bəlen·able

Princeton's WordNet(3.64 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. enableverb

   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"

Wiktionary(3.93 / 15 votes)Rate this definition:

1. enableverb

   To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.

2. enableverb

   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.

3. enableverb

   To allow a way out or excuse for an action.

   His parents enabled him to continue buying drugs.

Webster Dictionary(2.87 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Enableverb

   to give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong

2. Enableverb

   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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Enable

   en-ā′bl, v.t. to make able: to give power, strength, or authority to.

Editors Contribution(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. enable

   To give ability to.

   They did enable the task easil.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2154

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enable' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2847

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enable' in Verbs Frequency: #229

Anagrams for enable »

1. baleen

How to pronounce enable?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of enable in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of enable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of enable in a Sentence

1. Samit Atiya:

   With our strong position in key markets across three continents and innovation focus, we expect to deliver above-market growth, at the same time, our initiatives to improve profitability should enable us to operate within our target margin corridor over the medium term.

2. Maryam Rajavi:

   Any concessions to the mullahs will, no doubt, enable them to find a way to cheat in order to secretly continue its activity to reach the nuclear bomb...this is unacceptable.

3. Tim Steiner:

   Grocery retailing is changing and we are ideally positioned to enable other retailers to achieve their online aspirations.

4. Martin Griffiths:

   The need for liquidity and stabilization of the banking system is now urgent -- not only to save the lives of the Afghan people but also to enable humanitarian organizations to respond.

5. Steve Jurczyk:

   With this LDSD technology we hope to land about five metric tonnes, that will enable more capable robotic missions.

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