enable

[ en-ey-buhl ]

/ ɛnˈeɪ bəl /

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verb (used with object), en·a·bled, en·a·bling.

to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to: This document will enable him to pass through the enemy lines unmolested.Students with vision impairments are enabled in the classroom with magnifiers and screen reader software.

to make possible or easy: Aeronautics enables us to overcome great distances.

to encourage or support (the bad or dysfunctional behavior) of (someone): The university enabled years of abuse by ignoring complaints against the coach. You enable drug users when you shield them from the consequences of their actions.

Digital Technology.

to make (a device, system, or feature) active or functional; turn on: The automatic snapshot feature is enabled by default.
to equip for an extended, peripheral, or premium use: to enable your laptop for wireless internet access.

Origin of enable

First recorded in 1375–1425; Middle English; see en-¹, able

SYNONYMS FOR enable

1 empower, qualify, allow, permit.

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OTHER WORDS FROM enable

en·a·bler, nounpre·en·a·ble, verb (used with object), pre·en·a·bled, pre·en·a·bling.

Words nearby enable

emu parade, emu-wren, EMV, E-mycin, en, enable, enabled, enabler, enabling, enabling act, enact

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Example sentences from the Web for enable

“There was great reception,” Drew jokes, adding that perhaps he and his girlfriend, a fellow workaholic, enable each other.
How the Property Brothers Became Your Mom’s Favorite TV Stars|Kevin Fallon|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even if their oxygen masks had deployed, there is a microphone in the masks to enable them to send a distress call.
Passenger Flights Must Stop Carrying Lithium-Ion Batteries as Cargo|Clive Irving|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And do we not yearn to do as they did: enable America to “find its ‘greatness’ again”?
Embodying Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Remains a Vital Challenge|Harvey J. Kaye|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Maybe they enable thinking by letting us watch as our looking gets disabled.
Ad Reinhardt's Painful Dazzle|Blake Gopnik|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Is the only way to be “pro-friend” to continue to enable her habit—indeed, to buy her bottles of whiskey?
Once Again, the Anti-Defamation League Defames|Jay Michaelson|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This course will enable you to proceed without any difficulty.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures|Samuel Kirkham
To enable his friend to read, Tarrant had already lit a lamp.
In the Year of Jubilee|George Gissing
There was nothing in these signs to enable strangers to suppose they were otherwise than upon the most friendly footing.
Louise de la Valliere|Alexandre Dumas, Pere
I shall implore you to invent any way that will enable me to realize life!
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Here the fog had so far lightened as to enable the officers to swing the ship.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall

British Dictionary definitions for enable

enable

/ (ɪnˈeɪbəl) /

verb (tr)

to provide (someone) with adequate power, means, opportunity, or authority (to do something)

to make possible

to put (a digital electronic circuit element) into an operative condition by supplying a suitable input pulse

Derived forms of enable

enablement, nounenabler, noun

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单词	enable
释义	enable [ en-ey-buhl ] / ɛnˈeɪ bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR enable ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), en·a·bled, en·a·bling. to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to: This document will enable him to pass through the enemy lines unmolested.Students with vision impairments are enabled in the classroom with magnifiers and screen reader software. to make possible or easy: Aeronautics enables us to overcome great distances. to encourage or support (the bad or dysfunctional behavior) of (someone): The university enabled years of abuse by ignoring complaints against the coach. You enable drug users when you shield them from the consequences of their actions. Digital Technology. to make (a device, system, or feature) active or functional; turn on: The automatic snapshot feature is enabled by default. to equip for an extended, peripheral, or premium use: to enable your laptop for wireless internet access. Origin of enable First recorded in 1375–1425; Middle English; see en-¹, able SYNONYMS FOR enable 1 empower, qualify, allow, permit. SEE SYNONYMS FOR enable ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM enable en·a·bler, nounpre·en·a·ble, verb (used with object), pre·en·a·bled, pre·en·a·bling. Words nearby enable emu parade, emu-wren, EMV, E-mycin, en, enable, enabled, enabler, enabling, enabling act, enact Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for enable “There was great reception,” Drew jokes, adding that perhaps he and his girlfriend, a fellow workaholic, enable each other. How the Property Brothers Became Your Mom’s Favorite TV Stars\|Kevin Fallon\|November 25, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Even if their oxygen masks had deployed, there is a microphone in the masks to enable them to send a distress call. Passenger Flights Must Stop Carrying Lithium-Ion Batteries as Cargo\|Clive Irving\|May 5, 2014\|DAILY BEAST And do we not yearn to do as they did: enable America to “find its ‘greatness’ again”? Embodying Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Remains a Vital Challenge\|Harvey J. Kaye\|April 6, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Maybe they enable thinking by letting us watch as our looking gets disabled. Ad Reinhardt's Painful Dazzle\|Blake Gopnik\|December 5, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Is the only way to be “pro-friend” to continue to enable her habit—indeed, to buy her bottles of whiskey? Once Again, the Anti-Defamation League Defames\|Jay Michaelson\|October 22, 2013\|DAILY BEAST This course will enable you to proceed without any difficulty. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures\|Samuel Kirkham To enable his friend to read, Tarrant had already lit a lamp. In the Year of Jubilee\|George Gissing There was nothing in these signs to enable strangers to suppose they were otherwise than upon the most friendly footing. Louise de la Valliere\|Alexandre Dumas, Pere I shall implore you to invent any way that will enable me to realize life! Love's Pilgrimage\|Upton Sinclair Here the fog had so far lightened as to enable the officers to swing the ship. Fragments of science, V. 1-2\|John Tyndall British Dictionary definitions for enable enable / (ɪnˈeɪbəl) / verb (tr) to provide (someone) with adequate power, means, opportunity, or authority (to do something) to make possible to put (a digital electronic circuit element) into an operative condition by supplying a suitable input pulse Derived forms of enable enablement, nounenabler, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to enable set up, empower, facilitate, implement, permit, license, prepare, fit, invest, warrant, commission, qualify, let, approve, sanction, ready, endow, condition, accredit, capacitate
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enable

verb (used with object), en·a·bled, en·a·bling.

Origin of enable

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British Dictionary definitions for enable

verb (tr)

Derived forms of enable

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