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Meaning of enable in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

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enable

/ɪˈneɪbəl/

Phonetics

/ɪˈneɪbəl/

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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.

    Example: April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption
  • To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.

    Example: 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).