enable
Meaning of enable
verb
- To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
- To affirm; to make firm and strong.
- To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
- To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
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- To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.
- To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
Information about enable
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of enable is: enables.
- Languages in which enable is used:
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Hyphenation of enable
en-able
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- enable is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
enable synonyms
Meaning :
empower, endow, authorize, let, permit, allow, activate
enable antonyms
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Translation of enable
- Italian: consentire, abilitare, permettere
- German: ermöglichen
- French: permettre
- Spanish: permitir, consentir, habilitar
- Portuguese: consentir
Anagrams of enable
Words that rhyme with enable
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