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en·a·ble
(ĕ-nā′bəl)tr.v. en·a·bled, en·a·bling, en·a·bles
1.
a. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity (to do something); make able: a hole in the fence that enabled us to watch; techniques that enable surgeons to 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 a new federal agency.
3. To make operational; activate: enabled the computer's modem; enable a nuclear warhead.
4. To behave in a manner that facilitates or supports (another's abusive, addictive, or self-destructive behavior).
en·a′bler n.
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enable
(ɪnˈeɪbəl)vb (tr)
1. to provide (someone) with adequate power, means, opportunity, or authority (to do something)
2. to make possible
3. (Electronics) to put (a digital electronic circuit element) into an operative condition by supplying a suitable input pulse
enˈablement n
enˈabler n
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en•a•ble
(ɛnˈeɪ bəl)v.t. -bled, -bling.
1. to make able; provide with means, ability, or opportunity: A scholarship enabled her to attend college.
2. to make possible or easy: Lack of witnesses enabled him to get away with the crime.
3. to authorize; empower: documents enabling them to enter the building.
4. to make ready; equip (often used in combination): Web-enabled cell phones.
[1375–1425]
en•a′bler, n.
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allow
– permit – let – enableAllow, permit, and let are all used to say that someone is given permission to do something, or is not prevented from doing something. Permit is a formal word.
1. 'allow' and 'permit'
Allow and permit are followed by an object and a to-infinitive clause.
He allowed me to take the course.
They do not permit students to use calculators in exams.
You can say that people are not allowed to do something or are not permitted to do something.
Visitors are not allowed to take photographs in the museum.
Children are not permitted to use the swimming pool.
You can also say that something is not allowed or that it is not permitted.
Running was not allowed in the school.
Picnics are not permitted in the park.
2. 'let'
Let is followed by an object and an infinitive without to.
Let me go to the party on Saturday. I won't be late.
You don't usually use 'let' in the passive. Don't say, for example, 'She was let go to the party'.
3. 'enable'
Don't confuse any of these words with enable. To enable someone to do something means to give them the opportunity to do it. It does not mean to give them permission to do it.
Contraception enables women to plan their families.
The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early.
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enable
Past participle: enabled
Gerund: enabling
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| 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" disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" |
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enable
verb
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enable
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Translations
يُمَكِّن
képessé tesz
gera kleift eîa fært
įgalinti
atļautdot iespēju
umožniť
omogočiti
mümkün kılmakolanak sağlamak
enable
[ɪˈneɪbl] VT2. (= make possible) → posibilitar
the new system will enable better communication between doctor and patient → el nuevo sistema posibilitará or hará posible una mejor comunicación entre el médico y el paciente
the new system will enable better communication between doctor and patient → el nuevo sistema posibilitará or hará posible una mejor comunicación entre el médico y el paciente
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enable
vt
(= make able) to enable somebody to do something → es jdm ermöglichen or möglich machen, etw zu tun, jdn in den Stand setzen, etw zu tun (geh); what enables the seal to stay under water so long? → wodurch ist der Seehund fähig, so lange unter Wasser zu bleiben?
(Jur: = authorize) measures, reforms → anordnen; to enable somebody to do something → jdn (dazu) ermächtigen, etw zu tun
(Comput) → aktivieren
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enable
(iˈneibl) verb to make able by giving means, power or authority (to do something). The money I inherited enabled me to go on a world cruise.
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enable
vt (psych) facilitar, ayudar, permitir (que alguien haga algo perjudicial); He enables her helplessness by doing everything for her..El facilita su indefensión por hacer todo por ella; [Nota: En el argot psiquiátrico inglés, cuando uno facilita que alguien haga algo perjudicial se habla de to enable y cuando uno facilita que alguien haga algo beneficioso, se habla de to empower.]English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.