- ABLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ABLE is having sufficient power, skill, or resources to do something How to use able in a sentence
- ABLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ABLE definition: 1 to have the necessary physical strength, mental power, skill, time, money, or opportunity to do… Learn more
- -able - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
-able An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning: Able to be done; fit to be done mov able: able to be moved amend able: able to be amended break able: liable to broken blam able: fit to be blamed sal able: fit to be sold Relevant to or suitable to, in accordance with fashion able: relevant to fashion season able: suitable to season Giving, or inclined to pleasur able: giving pleasure
- Able - definition of able by The Free Dictionary
1 having the necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications to do something: able to read music; not able to vote 2 having or showing unusual talent, intelligence, skill, or knowledge: an able leader
- ABLE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,” associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition to stems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
- able, adj. , adv. , n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . .
There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word able, seven of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- ABLE | meaning - Cambridge Learners Dictionary
ABLE definition: 1 to have the ability to do something or the possibility of doing something: 2 clever or good at… Learn more
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