enable

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

1. The scholarship enabled him to study abroad.

   deDas Stipendium ermöglichte ihm ein Auslandsstudium. — Tamy

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2. The scholarship enabled her to study abroad.

   deDas Stipendium ermöglichte ihr ein Auslandsstudium. — Manfredo

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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. — Hellerick

   deDas Preisgeld ermöglichte es mir, eine Weltreise zu machen. — Kuyo

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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. — fjay69

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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. — xtofu80

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