enables
Meaning of enables
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 enables
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of enables is: enable.
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Hyphenation of enables
en-ables
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- enables is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
enables synonyms
Meaning :
empower, endow, authorize, let, permit, allow, activate
enables antonyms
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Anagrams of enables
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