capable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

/ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/ [ˈkʰeɪ̯.pə.bɫ̩] en-us-capable.ogg /ˈkeɪ.bə.bəl/

capable more capable most capable

Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis.

capable

incapable

healthy skillful

capability capableness capably dual-capable aircraft handicapable noncapable overcapable supercapable ultracapable uncapable

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