Canadian English Meaning of able
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Definitions and Meaning of able in English
able (a)
(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
able (s)
have the skills and qualifications to do things well
having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
having a strong healthy body
able (superl.)
Fit; adapted; suitable.
Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
able (a.)
To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
To vouch for.
FAQs About the word able
able
(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something, have the skills and qualifications to do things well, h
capable,Competent,good,qualified,suitable,adept,equal,experienced,expert,suitable
incompetent,inexperienced,poor,unfit,unprepared,unqualified,unskilled,beginning,Green,new
ablaze => ablaze, ablaut => Ablaut, ablative case => ablative case, ablative absolute => Ablative absolute, ablative => ablative,
