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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
able
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or
skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to
swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were
at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the
project" [ant: unable]
2: have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able
teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as
14 can be extremely capable and dependable" [syn: able,
capable]
3: having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able
to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet";
"Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
4: having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-
bodied young man served in the army" [syn: able, able-
bodied]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Able \A"ble\, v. t. [See Able, a.] [Obs.]
1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. --Chaucer.
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2. To vouch for. "I 'll able them." --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
-able \-a*ble\ (-[.a]*b'l). [F. -able, L. -abilis.]
An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to
be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive
sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be
amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.
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Note: The form -ible is used in the same sense.
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Note: It is difficult to say when we are not to use -able
instead of -ible. "Yet a rule may be laid down as to
when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the
Anglo-Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted
infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first
conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever
sprung, we annex -able only." --Fitzed. Hall.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Able \A"ble\, a. [comp. Abler; superl. Ablest.] [OF. habile,
L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful,
fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit.]
1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]
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A many man, to ben an abbot able. --Chaucer.
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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No man wrote abler state papers. --Macaulay.
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4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence;
as, able to inherit or devise property.
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Note:
Able for, is Scotticism.
"Hardly able for such a march." --Robertson.
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Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective;
capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
ABLE
A simple language for accountants.
["ABLE, The Accounting Language, Programming and Reference
Manual," Evansville Data Proc Center, Evansville, IN, Mar
1975].
[Listed in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11):56 (Nov 1978)].
(1994-11-08)
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Thesaurus Results for able:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
adapted, adequate, adjusted, alert, au fait, brainy, brilliant, capable, checked out, clever, competent, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enigmatic, enterprising, equal to, expert, fit, fitted, fitted for, go-ahead, good, incalculable, incognizable, intelligent, journeyman, keen, mysterious, productive, proficient, proper, puzzling, qualified, sealed, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, strange, suited, unapparent, unapprehended, unascertained, unbeknown, uncharted, unclassified, undisclosed, undiscoverable, undiscovered, undivulged, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed, unfamiliar, unfathomed, unheard, unheard-of, unidentified, uninvestigated, unknowable, unknown, unperceived, unplumbed, unrevealed, unsuspected, untouched, up to, up to snuff, up-and-coming, virgin, well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited, wicked, worthy |
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Common Misspellings > |
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