enableen‧a‧ble /ɪˈneɪbəl/ ●●● S3 W1 AWL verb [transitive] 
Verb Table Examples
The loan enabled Jan to buy the house. There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.—enabler noun [countable]
Verb TableVERB TABLE
enable
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | enable |
| he, she, it | enables | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | enabled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have enabled |
| he, she, it | has enabled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had enabled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will enable |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have enabled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am enabling |
| he, she, it | is enabling | |
| you, we, they | are enabling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was enabling |
| you, we, they | were enabling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been enabling |
| he, she, it | has been enabling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been enabling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be enabling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been enabling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Our main goal is to enable healthy change and growth.
- Acceptance enables you not to have to hide things about yourself and to find freedom to be yourself.
- Beds enable the children themselves to be patients.
- Central computer recording of transactions would enable automatic screening for multiple and unjustified claims.
- Firstly they enable large systems to be produced yet still retain clarity within the grammar.
- Her husband and her children were very happy with their lives and she was successful enough to enable them to continue it.
- Recent innovations with computer aided design enable us to produce magazines which are more creative, efficient and cost effective.
- They've devised a series of guidelines that will enable the beauty spot to stay both commercially viable and beautiful.
- This information will enable the supplier to propose a solution which matches your requirements.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone able to do something► enable somebody to do something
Collocations · The money from my grandmother enabled us to buy the house.· The programme is designed to enable young people to find work.
► make it possible to provide the conditions in which someone is able to do something: make it possible to do something: · The direct flight makes it possible to get from London to Tokyo in 12 hours.make it possible for somebody to do something: · The loan made it possible for him to continue his education.make something possible: · I'd like to thank everyone - my family, my friends - who helped to make the whole thing possible.
► allow somebody to do something/let somebody do something if a piece of equipment or a service allows you to do something or lets you do it, it provides what you need to be able to do it: · The web site allows you to order groceries over the Internet.· The telephone service lets users see who is calling before they pick up the phone.
► equip if education or training equips you to do something, especially something such as a particular kind of job, it prepares you and makes you able to do it: equip somebody to do something: · The school aims to equip students to deal with the kind of problems they will face in the outside world.equip somebody for: · Her privileged upbringing had not equipped her for hard work in the fields.
to make something possible► make something possible · We are grateful to everyone who made this event possible.make it possible for somebody to do something · Satellite broadcasting made it possible for people all over the world to watch the 1960 Olympic Games.
► allow/enable especially written to make it possible for someone to do something that they want to do: allow/enable somebody to do something: · The Internet allows people to send messages all over the world.· The sports school has enabled 10,000 youngsters to receive free tuition in a wide range of sports.
► permit formal to make it possible for something to happen or for someone to do something: · I would like to go into this argument in some detail, but time does not permit it.permit somebody to do something: · Unit pricing is a system that permits the customer to compare the costs of products.weather/ time etc permitting (=if the weather, time etc makes it possible): · In summer, meals are eaten in the garden, weather permitting.
► pave the way for to make it possible for something to happen by producing the right conditions for it: · Galileo's achievements in physical science paved the way for Newton's discoveries.· In 1930's Germany, the depression helped Hitler rise to power, paving the way for the Second World War.
► clear the way for to make it possible for something to happen by removing difficulties that existed before: · The removal of trade restrictions cleared the way for a rapid development of East-West relations.· a vote that cleared the way for the ordination of women priests
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a loophole allows/enables something
Word family· Security loopholes allowed the terrorists to plant the bombs unnoticed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► also· They also enable weaker members of the family to point out what is happening to them whilst it is actually happening.· The distinction between substratum and entity also enables us to further specify the relations between Zeus and the world.· The video window would also enable them to study relevant documents together, if required.· The tables also enable Miles and Evan to move their play into other rooms of the house.· His independent fortune also enabled him to focus his energies on civic politics.· It also enabled an assessment of the adequacy of the provisions in the eyes of the respondent.· The trust's endorsement also enabled her to secure match funding from Barclays Bank.
► thus· Glasses soften rather than melt, thus enabling their characteristic working into complex shapes.· These were mainly used for pumping water out of mines, thus enabling deeper seams to be exploited.· Before 1905 was out the spectre of social upheaval thus enabled the Tsar's government to regain the initiative.
NOUN► application· In addition, more graphic functions will be provided to enable applications to be developed using pictures and icons, it says.· The challenge is to work around the existing law to enable various electronic commerce applications.· Firmware can be programmed to enable dialogue between Unix applications and the communications front-end processor.· A Speech Manager will also enable applications to generate synthesised speech from text strings.· The product now enables users to develop applications on target machines and then graphically display them on Unix workstations or X-terminals.· This architecture enables applications to be developed on one system and implemented on a different one.· A Bill will be introduced to enable applications for asylum in the United Kingdom to be dealt with quickly and effectively.
► company· Expansion plans announced over the weekend will enable the company to double its manufacturing capacity.· The program enables companies to offer co-branded Web-hosting services based on the Verio platform.· Contracts have been arranged for the supply from other parts of BAe to enable the new company to operate autonomously.· The goal is to enable global companies to manage their money in various foreign exchange accounts.· These targets will enable the company to determine whether the project is meeting the established criteria.· Apprenticeships enable companies to screen future workers and give them a dry run before selecting the best for long-term employment.· Earlier the government had approved amendments codifying foreign exchange regulations to enable foreign companies to repatriate profits.· This had enabled the glass company to maintain a cost structure well out of line with the marketplace.
► information· Accounting systems of financial control expand the flow of information, so enabling closer monitoring for planning and control.· In this view, decision makers lack the cognitive capacity and the comprehensive information that would enable them to calculate utilities rationally.· Its information enables subscribers to minimise the risk of loss from fraud and malpractice.· Macintosh has certainly expanded my view of information, enabling me to break the barrier between text and graphics.· An inventory should contain sufficient information to enable the unequivocal identification of an object.· Combined with data from earlier research new information should enable the impact of socio-economic change to be assessed.· The taxpayer contended that he did not have full information available to enable him to complete the returns.· B and K claimed that the Board should give them sufficient information to enable them to answer the case against them.
► option· A dual batten option is commonplace, enabling the sail to be set soft if desired.· Minimum investment is £5,000, with income option enabling investors to take regular income free from a surrender penalty.· Another option on the menu enables members to inspect the group's accounts.· Some have options which enable the user to correct many of the disadvantages of the type.· This option enables the operator to enter employee details in as much detail as available before the employee actually starts.· Job-sharing or flexible working may be an option which will enable the nurse to remain in employment.
► service· Each of the sisters who offers an appropriate form of service to the group enables the balance to be held at rest.· Some are large public bars while others are service bars to enable table service to different areas.· Britain's people: healthier, safer and better housed Liberal Democrats will invest in local services to enable communities to thrive.
► student· This enables a student to optimise the opportunities presented to him without prejudice to his progression through the examination system.· Slowly, the teacher enables the student to become more adept at putting forth effort for longer periods of time.· The programs are designed to enable students to work in their own time and at their own pace.· The process enabled students to feel less pressure and to begin to develop a sense of mastery.· They enable the student to practice the language outside the classroom and at the same time learn more about the country.· Parents and teachers may recommend retention for work-inhibited students, believing the extra year might enable the student to become more mature.· Compact should enable students to make a better informed and, therefore, more appropriate decision about their future at 16+.· Analysis: the correction process enables students to understand their errors and the language options available to them.
► system· Club 2000 features an Access Control System which enables members to book and use facilities with a single magnetic strip membership card.· Some companies are already introducing systems that enable recipients to sign for a package straight into the computer.· The twin-bin system enables humus to be kept in one section, while decomposing materials are housed in the other.· Even as a small boy, I admired the wonderfully simple system which enabled Mr. Thomas to sell a great deal of meat.· Ultimately, only the strength of the denial system enables the sufferer to function at all.· This lateral line system enables the fish to detect differences of pressure in the water.· A new voucher system enables kids to choose attractive and colourful frames, which reflect the brightness of mountain bikes and skateboards.
► technology· It would prefer to import technologies, enabling it to copy or co-produce.· The technology enables users with one telephone number to gain access to their desktop phone, cellular phone, fax and pager.· News itself became more entertaining, and technologies enabling better graphics and presentation made features more attractive.· The system went wrong in the 1970s when long-distance attracted new carriers with new technologies enabling them to offer lower prices.· A number of new technologies will enable much more rapid development than was previously possible.· What is required is a satisfactory balance between technology for enabling secure transactions and the economic processing of these transactions.
► user· Enhancements to the new release enhancements include Posix 1003.4 real-time extensions, which enable users to execute Ada code in Unix environments.· The technology enables users with one telephone number to gain access to their desktop phone, cellular phone, fax and pager.· It enables users to create and maintain dynamic data models that are defined and manipulated at the highest level, by category.· Perhaps its most useful asset is that it enables the user to locate references in relevant literature.· It enables users to prototype specific hardware interfaces and also network systems.· It also comes with a programmers interface that enables users to customise virtual memory features.· Siemens says this halves current cheque book production costs, enabling users to print 1,000 cheques for £1.50.· Option 1.8.0, Update Module Details, enables the user to update the details of an existing module.
VERB► design· The programs are designed to enable students to work in their own time and at their own pace.· It is competently designed to enable us to exchange things which we need but can not each provide for ourselves.· It is a hard game to engage with but meditations on the Passion are designed to enable play.· Our forward planning is designed to enable us to take stock precisely as the Select Committee advocated.· It is designed to enable system administrators to identify and fix problems before they come to most users' attention.· And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time.
WORD FAMILYnounenablerverbenable
to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happenenable somebody/something to do something The loan enabled Jan to buy the house. There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.—enabler noun [countable]