Meaning

2 senses
  1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.

    She is capable and efficient.

    He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.

    fähig

    спосо́бныйsposóbnyj

    зда́тнийzdátnyj, зді́бнийzdíbnyj, спромо́жнийspromóžnyj

    (usually followed by ‘of’) having capacity or ability

  2. (obsolete)Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

Examples

491 sentences
  1. She is capable of teaching English.

    Вона здатна викладати англійську.

    ruОна может обучать английскому.

    deSie kann Englisch unterrichten.

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  2. Tom is capable of doing it.

    Том здатний це зробити.

    ruТом способен сделать это.

    deTom ist dazu in der Lage.

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  3. I know what they're capable of.

    Я знаю, на що вони здатні.

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  4. We know what you're capable of.

    Ми знаємо, на що ви здатні.

    ruМы знаем, на что вы способны.

    deWir wissen, wozu du fähig bist.

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  5. You know what Tom is capable of, don't you?

    Ти знаєш, на що здатний Тома, чи не так?

    ruВы знаете, на что способен Том, не так ли?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
able and efficient:
Русский
By meaning 1
able and efficient:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
able and efficient:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis.

Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis.

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Forms

more capable, most capable
Comparativemore capable Lesson
Superlativemost capable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • is capable of
  • capable of doing
  • perfectly capable of
  • a very capable
  • perfectly capable
  • capable of that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
capable — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto