English Explanatory Dictionary

enable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.
  2. To affirm; to make firm and strong.
  3. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
  4. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
  5. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
  6. To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
  7. To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

Pronunciation

/ɪˈneɪbəl/ en-us-enable.ogg /ɛˈnebɪl/

Word forms

enable enables enabling enabled

Etymology

From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.

Synonyms

empower endow let permit authorize allow activate turn on

Antonyms

disable

Derived words

disenable enablable enablement enabler reënable re-enable reenable

Translations

Bulgarian: да́вам възмо́жност Catalan: habilitar Danish: give nogen kraft Danish: muliggøre Danish: anordne Dutch: inschakelen Dutch: in staat stellen Dutch: mogelijk maken Finnish: tehdä kykeneväksi Finnish: mahdollistaa Finnish: antaa lupa Finnish: antaa tekosyy Finnish: sallia French: autoriser French: permettre German: (jemanden) berechtigen German: befähigen German: ermöglichen German: anordnen Hungarian: felhatalmaz Hungarian: feljogosít Hungarian: lehetővé tesz Indonesian: memampukan Latin: habilito Malayalam: പ്രാപ്തമാക്കുക Malayalam: സാധ്യമാക്കുക Māori: whakamana Māori: whakakaha Māori: whakaahei Polish: uzdolnić Polish: upełnomocnić Polish: umożliwiać Polish: umożliwić Portuguese: habilitar Portuguese: possibilitar Russian: дава́ть возмо́жность Russian: уполномо́чивать Serbo-Croatian: оспособити Serbo-Croatian: овла́стити Serbo-Croatian: osposòbiti Serbo-Croatian: ovlástiti Spanish: habilitar Spanish: posibilitar Swedish: ge någon kraft Swedish: möjliggöra Swedish: ursäkta Czech: umožnit Esperanto: ebligi Scottish Gaelic: thoir comas do Scottish Gaelic: thoir cothrom do Ukrainian: уможли́влювати Ukrainian: уможли́вити Greek: επιτρέπω Italian: permettere
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