enable (redirected from enabler)

en·a·ble  (-nbl)

tr.v. en·a·bled, en·a·bling, en·a·bles

1.

a. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity; make able: a hole in the fence that enabled us to watch; techniques that enable surgeons to open and repair the heart.

b. To make feasible or possible: funds that will enable construction of new schools.

2. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to: a law enabling the new federal agency.

3. To make operational; activate: enabled the computer's modem; enable a nuclear warhead.

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en·abler n.

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enable

Verb

[-abling, -abled]

1. to provide (someone) with the means or opportunity to do something

2. to make possible: to enable the best possible chance of cure

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

enable - render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" equip - provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer" endow, endue, gift, indue, invest, empower - give qualities or abilities to disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

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enable

verb 1. allow, permit, facilitate, empower, give someone the opportunity, give someone the means << OPPOSITE prevent

2. authorize, allow, commission, permit, qualify, sanction, entitle, license, warrant, empower, give someone the right << OPPOSITE stop

Translations

enable [ɪˈneɪbl] vt to enable sb to do sth (= allow) → permitir a algn hacer algo (= prepare); capacitar a algn para hacer algo

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enable [ɪˈneɪbl] vt to enable sb to do → permettre à qn de faire, donner à qn la possibilité de faire

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enable [ɪˈneɪbl] vt to enable sb to do sth (permit) → es jdm erlauben, etw zu tun;

(make possible) → es jdm ermöglichen, etw zu tun

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enable [ɪˈneɪbl] vt to enable sb to do → permettere a qn di fare

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enable

v enable [iˈneibl]

to make able by giving means, power or authority (to do something) The money I inherited enabled me to go on a world cruise. in staat stel, help يُمَكِّن позволявам umožnit sætte i stand til; åbne mulighed for ermöglichen δίνω τη δυνατότητα permitir võimaldama قادر کردن؛ توانمند کردن mahdollistaa capable de rendre qqn לְאַפשֵׁר योग्य बनाना ovlastiti képessé/lehetővé tesz memungkinkan gera (e-m) kleift eða fært permettere 可能にする 가능하게 하다, 힘[]을 주다 įgalinti, leisti dot iespēju; atļaut memungkinkan in staat stellen sette i stand til, gjøre det mulig for umożliwić permitir a îngădui, a permite (să) давать возможность umožniť omogočiti omogućiti möjliggöra, göra det möjligt för ให้อำนาจ mümkün kılmak, olanak sağlamak 使能夠 давати змогу قدرت بخشنا cho phép 使能够