enable

tr.v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

1. 1. 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.
   2. 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.

enabler en·a'bler n.

To turn on; activate. See disabled for details.

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verb

1. To give the means, ability, or opportunity to do: empower, permit. See allow/prevent.
2. To give authority to: accredit, authorize, commission, empower, entitle, license, qualify. See allow/prevent.

v

Definition: allow, authorize
Antonyms: block, disallow, halt, hinder, inhibit, oppose, prevent, stop

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IN BRIEF: To give the means or power to.

When it comes to the future, our task is not to foresee it, but rather to enable it to happen. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944).

Tutor's tip: The weather will "enable" (to make possible) the football game to start, but the home team is "unable" (not able, lacking the ability) to win without their star player.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sætte i stand til, gøre det muligt for, starte op, tænde

Nederlands (Dutch)
in staat stellen, de gelegenheid bieden, in werking stellen, mogelijk maken, bemachtigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - permettre à qn de faire, donner à qn la possibilité de faire, mettre (qn) à même/en état de faire, (Jur) habiliter qn à faire, donner pouvoir à qn de faire

Deutsch (German)
v. - ermöglichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καθιστώ ικανό, επιτρέπω, δίνω τη δυνατότητα, διευκολύνω, κάνω δυνατό ή πραγματοποιήσιμο, καθιστώ εφικτό, κηρύσσω αρμόδιο

Italiano (Italian)
permettere, rendere possibile

Português (Portuguese)
v. - habilitar, possibilitar, facilitar

Русский (Russian)
сделать возможным

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - permitir, facultar, habilitar, facilitar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra det möjligt för någon

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使能够, 授予权利或方法

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使能夠, 授予權利或方法

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 할 수 있게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 手段を与える, 実際的にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمكن, يخول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮איפשר, התיר, הסמיך, הדליק (מחשב)‬

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