enable
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.
Base: able
Affixes: en-
Inflected forms:
form: enables
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: enabling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: enabled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: enabled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
examples: And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
gloss: To affirm; to make firm and strong.
pos: verb
gloss: To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
pos: verb
examples: This was widely interpreted to mean that slavery was once more firmly illegal in England. However, the "positive law" mentioned–i.e., a direct law specifically enabling slavery–existed in many British colonies (although not all), since these colonies had a degree of freedom to write their own law apart from that of the home country.
gloss: To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
pos: verb
examples: Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
Trainers of modern athletes monitor performance by using high tech equipment and biometric bodysuits with embedded sensors to enable detailed analysis of movement, balance, efficiency for athletic performance.
During 1971-72, spare Type 4s on other regions enabled the whole class to be sidelined, with Class 43s going first.
gloss: To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
pos: verb
examples: His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.
gloss: To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
pos: verb
gloss: To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
pos: verb
Derived words: disenable
enablable
enablement
enabler
reënable
re-enable
reenable
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: да́вам възмо́жност
roman: dávam vǎzmóžnost
lang: Catalan
word: habilitar
lang: Danish
word: give nogen kraft
lang: Dutch
word: inschakelen
lang: Dutch
word: in staat stellen
lang: Finnish
word: tehdä kykeneväksi
lang: Finnish
word: mahdollistaa
lang: Finnish
word: antaa lupa
lang: French
word: autoriser
lang: German
word: (jemanden) berechtigen
lang: German
word: befähigen
lang: Hungarian
word: felhatalmaz
lang: Hungarian
word: feljogosít
lang: Indonesian
word: memampukan
lang: Latin
word: habilito
lang: Malayalam
word: പ്രാപ്തമാക്കുക
roman: prāptamākkuka
lang: Māori
word: whakamana
lang: Māori
word: whakakaha
lang: Polish
word: uzdolnić
lang: Polish
word: upełnomocnić
lang: Portuguese
word: habilitar
lang: Russian
word: дава́ть возмо́жность
roman: davátʹ vozmóžnostʹ
lang: Russian
word: уполномо́чивать
roman: upolnomóčivatʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: оспособити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: овла́стити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: osposòbiti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ovlástiti
lang: Spanish
word: habilitar
lang: Swedish
word: ge någon kraft
lang: Czech
word: umožnit
lang: Danish
word: muliggøre
lang: Dutch
word: mogelijk maken
lang: Esperanto
word: ebligi
lang: Finnish
word: mahdollistaa
lang: French
word: permettre
lang: German
word: ermöglichen
lang: Hungarian
word: lehetővé tesz
lang: Malayalam
word: സാധ്യമാക്കുക
roman: sādhyamākkuka
lang: Māori
word: whakaahei
lang: Polish
word: umożliwiać
lang: Polish
word: umożliwić
lang: Portuguese
word: possibilitar
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: thoir comas do
lang: Spanish
word: posibilitar
lang: Swedish
word: möjliggöra
lang: Ukrainian
word: уможли́влювати
roman: umožlývljuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: уможли́вити
roman: umožlývyty
lang: Czech
word: umožnit
lang: Danish
word: muliggøre
lang: Danish
word: anordne
lang: Dutch
word: in staat stellen
lang: Finnish
word: antaa tekosyy
lang: Finnish
word: sallia
lang: French
word: permettre
lang: German
word: anordnen
lang: Greek
word: επιτρέπω
roman: epitrépo
lang: Italian
word: permettere
lang: Malayalam
word: സാധ്യമാക്കുക
roman: sādhyamākkuka
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: thoir cothrom do
lang: Swedish
word: möjliggöra
lang: Swedish
word: ursäkta