enabling
- adjective
- /ɪˈneɪblɪŋ/
- Formal
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habilitante
- The government passed an enabling law that allows citizens to vote online.
Examples
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The new regulations include an enabling framework for businesses to innovate responsibly.
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Well, you can actually create demand by enabling people to buy.
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And it's really focused on enabling the Android ecosystem.
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There are more elemental actions that we do that we're not enabling people to do.
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Then they will enact an enabling law giving Hitler dictatorial powers.
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By implementing an enabling policy, the organization empowered employees to make decisions.
Synonyms
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4.5
Official permission or legal power to act in a role
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6.3
A law that gives authorities power to make people follow rules and carry out policies
A part of a law that gives officials the power to put the law into action
A part of a law that lets officials enforce it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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A law that gives authorities power to make people follow rules and carry out policies
How Authorizing
- Formal
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enabling comes from enable, which is built from the prefix en- meaning 'make' and able meaning 'can' or 'capable'. So enabling literally means 'making someone able', and an enabling law or act is one that gives someone the power or legal right to do something.