enable

  • 11enable */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈeɪb(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms enable : present tense I/you/we/they enable he/she/it enables present participle enabling past tense enabled past participle enabled to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something… …

    English dictionary

  • 12enable — verb Enable is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑approach, ↑design, ↑feature, ↑loophole, ↑scheme, ↑system, ↑technique, ↑technology Enable is used with these nouns as the object: ↑comparison, ↑creation …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 13enable — v. (H) to enable smb. to do smt. * * * [ɪ neɪb(ə)l] (H) to enable smb. to do smt …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 14enable — en|a|ble W1S3 [ıˈneıbəl] v [T] to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happen enable sb/sth to do sth ▪ The loan enabled Jan to buy the house. ▪ There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15enable — en|a|ble [ ın eıbl ] verb transitive *** to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something: Enemy communications were destroyed, enabling a surprise attack. enable someone to do something: This will enable users to conduct live video… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16enable — /I neIbFl/ verb (T) 1 to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something: enable sb to do sth: Money from her aunt enabled Jan to buy the house. 2 formal to make something possible: a policy designed to enable the introduction of flexible …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17enable — transitive verb (enabled; enabling) Date: 15th century 1. a. to provide with the means or opportunity < training that enables people to earn a living > b. to make possible, practical, or easy < a deal that would enable passage of a new law > c.&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 18enable — enabler, n. /en ay beuhl/, v.t., enabled, enabling. 1. to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize: This document will enable him to pass through the enemy lines unmolested. 2. to make possible or easy: Aeronautics&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 19enable — verb the brace will enable you to walk more steadily Syn: allow, permit, let, give the means, equip, empower, make able, fit; make possible, facilitate; authorize, entitle, qualify; formal capacitate Ant: prevent …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 20enable*/*/*/ — [ɪnˈeɪb(ə)l] verb [T] to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something This will enable users to conduct live video conversations.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English