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able
1[ ey-buhl ]
adjective
- having necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications; qualified:
able to lift a two-hundred-pound weight; able to write music; able to travel widely; able to vote.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- having unusual or superior intelligence, skill, etc.:
an able leader.
Synonyms: , , ,
- showing talent, skill, or knowledge:
an able speech.
Synonyms:
- legally empowered, qualified, or authorized.
noun
- Usually Able. a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
-able
2- a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,†associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin ( laudable ); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition to stems of any origin ( teachable; photographable ).
-able
1suffix forming adjectives
- capable of, suitable for, or deserving of (being acted upon as indicated)
separable
enjoyable
pitiable
washable
readable
- inclined to; given to; able to; causing
comfortable
variable
reasonable
able
2/ ˈ±ðɪ²úÉ™±ô /
adjective
- postpositive having the necessary power, resources, skill, time, opportunity, etc, to do something
able to swim
- capable; competent; talented
an able teacher
- law qualified, competent, or authorized to do some specific act
Derived Forms
- -ably, suffix:forming_adverbs
- -ability, suffix:forming_nouns
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ´Çv±ð°ù·²¹î€ƒb±ô±ð adjective
- ´Çv±ð°ù·²¹î€ƒb·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of able1
Origin of able2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of able1
Origin of able2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Fans of PC games will immediately feel at home with this, and it's a neat bit of engineering to be able to switch up on-the-fly without having to enter any menus.
British Steel said: "We are not able to comment at this time".
“That was just unfortunate,†said Marcus, whose calls can be heard at uclabruins.com/watch, “but fortunately we were able to figure it out and get back on.â€
Buzzetta’s parents then flew to Hawaii and were able to say their goodbyes before she died in the hospital, according to reporting from ABC10.
This “immune amnesia,†physicians say, leaves patients vulnerable to reccurrences of diseases their immune cells were previously able to resist.
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