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enable
en·a·ble E0121300 (ĕ-nā′bəl)tr.v. en·a·bled, en·a·bling, en·a·bles 1. a. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity (to do something); make able: a hole in the fence that enabled us to watch; techniques that enable surgeons to repair the heart.b. To make feasible or possible: funds that will enable construction of new schools.2. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to: a law enabling a new federal agency.3. To make operational; activate: enabled the computer's modem; enable a nuclear warhead.4. To behave in a manner that facilitates or supports (another's abusive, addictive, or self-destructive behavior).
en·a′bler n.enable (ɪnˈeɪbəl) vb (tr) 1. to provide (someone) with adequate power, means, opportunity, or authority (to do something)2. to make possible3. (Electronics) to put (a digital electronic circuit element) into an operative condition by supplying a suitable input pulse enˈablement n enˈabler nen•a•ble (ɛnˈeɪ bəl)
v.t. -bled, -bling. 1. to make able; provide with means, ability, or opportunity: A scholarship enabled her to attend college. 2. to make possible or easy: Lack of witnesses enabled him to get away with the crime. 3. to authorize; empower: documents enabling them to enter the building. 4. to make ready; equip (often used in combination): Web-enabled cell phones. [1375–1425] en•a′bler, n. allow permit">permit let">let enableAllow, permit, and let are all used to say that someone is given permission to do something, or is not prevented from doing something. Permit is a formal word. 1. 'allow' and 'permit'Allow and permit are followed by an object and a to-infinitive clause. He allowed me to take the course.They do not permit students to use calculators in exams.You can say that people are not allowed to do something or are not permitted to do something. Visitors are not allowed to take photographs in the museum.Children are not permitted to use the swimming pool.You can also say that something is not allowed or that it is not permitted. Running was not allowed in the school.Picnics are not permitted in the park.2. 'let'Let is followed by an object and an infinitive without to. Let me go to the party on Saturday. I won't be late.You don't usually use 'let' in the passive. Don't say, for example, 'She was let go to the party'. 3. 'enable'Don't confuse any of these words with enable. To enable someone to do something means to give them the opportunity to do it. It does not mean to give them permission to do it. Contraception enables women to plan their families.The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early.enable
Past participle: enabled
Gerund: enabling
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| I enable | | you enable | | he/she/it enables | | we enable | | you enable | | they enable |
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| I enabled | | you enabled | | he/she/it enabled | | we enabled | | you enabled | | they enabled |
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| I am enabling | | you are enabling | | he/she/it is enabling | | we are enabling | | you are enabling | | they are enabling |
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| I have enabled | | you have enabled | | he/she/it has enabled | | we have enabled | | you have enabled | | they have enabled |
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| I was enabling | | you were enabling | | he/she/it was enabling | | we were enabling | | you were enabling | | they were enabling |
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| I had enabled | | you had enabled | | he/she/it had enabled | | we had enabled | | you had enabled | | they had enabled |
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| I will enable | | you will enable | | he/she/it will enable | | we will enable | | you will enable | | they will enable |
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| I will have enabled | | you will have enabled | | he/she/it will have enabled | | we will have enabled | | you will have enabled | | they will have enabled |
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| I will be enabling | | you will be enabling | | he/she/it will be enabling | | we will be enabling | | you will be enabling | | they will be enabling |
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| I have been enabling | | you have been enabling | | he/she/it has been enabling | | we have been enabling | | you have been enabling | | they have been enabling |
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| I will have been enabling | | you will have been enabling | | he/she/it will have been enabling | | we will have been enabling | | you will have been enabling | | they will have been enabling |
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| I had been enabling | | you had been enabling | | he/she/it had been enabling | | we had been enabling | | you had been enabling | | they had been enabling |
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| I would enable | | you would enable | | he/she/it would enable | | we would enable | | you would enable | | they would enable |
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| I would have enabled | | you would have enabled | | he/she/it would have enabled | | we would have enabled | | you would have enabled | | they would have enabled |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | enable - 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"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"equip - provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"endow, endue, gift, indue, invest, empower - give qualities or abilities todisable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" |
enableverb1. allow, permit, facilitate, empower, give someone the opportunity, give someone the means The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early.
allow stop, prevent, hinder, obstruct, impede2. authorize, allow, commission, permit, qualify, sanction, entitle, license, warrant, empower, give someone the right The authorities have refused visas to enable them to enter the country.
authorize stop, bar, ban, block, thwartenableverb1. To give the means, ability, or opportunity to do:empower, permit.2. To give authority to:accredit, authorize, commission, empower, entitle, license, qualify.Translationsenable (iˈneibl) verb to make able by giving means, power or authority (to do something). The money I inherited enabled me to go on a world cruise. 使能夠 使能够enable
enable (one) to (do something)To allow one to do something. My boss's absence enabled me to establish myself as a key figure in our department.See also: enableenable someone to do somethingto make it possible for someone to do something. This money will enable me to open my own business. My uncle enabled me to open my own candy shop.See also: enableenable
enable[ə′nā·bəl] (computer science) To authorize an activity which would otherwise be suppressed, such as to write on a tape. To turn on a computer system or a piece of equipment. (electronics) To initiate the operation of a device or circuit by applying a trigger signal or pulse. enableTo turn on; activate. See disabled for details.ENABLE
| Acronym | Definition |
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| ENABLE➣Energetic Neutral Atom Beam Lithography/Epitaxy |
See ENBLenable
Related to enable: InableSynonyms for enableverb allowSynonyms- allow
- permit
- facilitate
- empower
- give someone the opportunity
- give someone the means
Antonyms- stop
- prevent
- hinder
- obstruct
- impede
verb authorizeSynonyms- authorize
- allow
- commission
- permit
- qualify
- sanction
- entitle
- license
- warrant
- empower
- give someone the right
AntonymsSynonyms for enableverb to give the means, ability, or opportunity to doSynonymsverb to give authority toSynonyms- accredit
- authorize
- commission
- empower
- entitle
- license
- qualify
Antonyms for enableverb render capable or able for some taskRelated Words- alter
- change
- modify
- equip
- endow
- endue
- gift
- indue
- invest
- empower
Antonyms- disable
- disenable
- incapacitate
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