Meaning

7 senses
  1. To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.

  2. To affirm; to make firm and strong.

  3. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.

    (jemanden) berechtigen, befähigen

    дава́ть возмо́жностьdavátʹ vozmóžnostʹ, уполномо́чиватьupolnomóčivatʹ

  4. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.

    April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption

    anordnen

  5. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.

    His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.

  6. To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.

  7. To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

    aktivieren, einschalten

    активи́роватьaktivírovatʹ, включа́тьvključátʹ

    активуватиaktyvuvaty, вмикатиvmykaty, включатиvključaty

More definitions
  • render capable or able for some task

Examples

134 sentences
  1. The scholarship enabled him to study abroad.

    deDas Stipendium ermöglichte ihm ein Auslandsstudium.

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  2. The scholarship enabled her to study abroad.

    deDas Stipendium ermöglichte ihr ein Auslandsstudium.

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  3. The prize money enabled me to go on a world cruise.

    ruПризовые деньги позволили мне отправиться в путешествие вокруг света.

    deDas Preisgeld ermöglichte es mir, eine Weltreise zu machen.

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  4. The new subway enables me to get to school in 20 minutes.

    ruНовое метро позволяет мне добираться до школы за двадцать минут.

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  5. His intelligence and experience enabled him to deal with the trouble.

    deAufgrund seines Wissens und seiner Erfahrung konnte er mit den Schwierigkeiten umgehen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to make something possible:
to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device:
Русский
By meaning 2
to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities:
to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to make something possible:
to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities:
to allow a way out or excuse for an action:
to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device:

Origin

From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.

From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.

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Forms

enables, enabling, enabled, enabled
Base formenable · to enable
3rd person singularenables
Present participleenabling
Past simpleenabled
Past participleenabled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyenable
he, she, itenables

Past simpleLesson

all personsenabled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave enabled
he, she, ithas enabled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill enable

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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