to enable
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2.3
- verb
- /ɪˈneɪbəl/
:
permitir
- A school in Andokope would enable students to study and work the fields.
- enable people
- enable access
- enable users
It's humans doing this stuff that enables us to eat.
- It's humans doing this stuff that enables us to eat.
- OK, So what is it that enables that mapping to take place?
- What is it that enables you to transcend that system?
- Many employers enable the narcissists in their midst.
- And of course, that enabled him to squeeze the producers.
- For now I'm going to have to keep enabling him to protect the rest.
- And so we need a regime that enables some control.
- Habit, discipline, that's what's going to enable you to be successful.
- But you also use systems and you, you enable yourself with tools.
- The other thing, again, prevention is please, please, please enable that SIM lock.
Examples
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You just live it and you enable others to live it, right.
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System intelligence of this variety is absolutely necessary to enable one operator to control many aircraft.
Academic text (2011) -
So let's enable that and give that a try.
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I believe that doing so enables me to learn.
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So having this very hard deadline enabled me to get things done.
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The school schedule should also enable them to select at least one ensemble class.
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If it enables Robbie to get published then perhaps his financial position will improve.
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Simple machine learning algorithms, such as discriminant analysis, will enable us to extract features from data.
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The NICE guidelines recommend a number of tests that will enable clinicians to make a diagnosis.
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The new software update will enable users to access features that were previously unavailable.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To let something happen or let someone do something
531
1.5
To allow someone to do something
187
4.9
To make a task or process easier and help it happen
157
4.2
Give someone the power and confidence to do something
88
2.4
To allow someone or something to do what they could not before
1
8.5
To give someone the skills or tools to do a job
Antonyms
How Able
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enable comes from the part en- ('to make') and the word able ('able' or 'having power'). So, to enable someone is to 'make' them 'able' — to give them the power, tools, or chance to do something.