Traditional Chinese Meaning of able

Other Traditional Chinese words related to 能

Definitions and Meaning of able in English

Wordnet

able (a)

(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

Wordnet

able (s)

have the skills and qualifications to do things well

having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity

having a strong healthy body

Webster

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.

Webster

able (a.)

To make able; to enable; to strengthen.

To vouch for.

FAQs About the word 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

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