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How to pronounce enable in English?

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Type Words
Type of alter, change, modify
Has types endow, endue, equip, gift, indue, invest, empower


This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street.
The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain.

Examples of enable

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A stairway is being built to enable buyers to get into the dilapidated interior.
From the online.wsj.com
The Commerce Department numbers also enable some comparisons across metro areas.
From the stltoday.com
It might also enable people to smoke without significant damage to their health.
From the newscientist.com
The group is trying to enable robots to explore the cluttered human world alone.
From the newscientist.com
The track has to be relocated to enable the Handy Cross development to go ahead.
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
On the field, his audacious talents enable him to treat opponents with contempt.
From the theepochtimes.com
Some companies will even enable consumers to create or customize what they want.
From the techcrunch.com
Dr Goffer says that his aim is to enable paralysed people to lead a normal life.
From the economist.com
Once you enable Instant here and restart your browser, it will be ready to roll.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • Render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
  • (enabling) providing legal power or sanction; "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power"
  • Enabling is a term with a double meaning. From the page on 'enabling', by Eli H. Newberger, M.D., referenced by that web page to The Men They Will Become ch.18 "Enabling".
  • To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong; To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow; To allow a way out or excuse for an action
  • (Enabled) A status indicating that a program, job, policy, or scan is available. For example, if the scheduled scans are enabled, any scheduled scan will execute when the date and time specified for the scan are reached.
  • (Enabled) The resources, represented by the resource object, have been provisioned to the users or organizations. In addition, these users or organizations have access to the resources.
  • (enabled) the interface will use ARP
  • ({item}--enabled) Acucobol exception code to return for push-button items
  • (Enabling) Allowing irresponsible and destructive behavior patterns to continue by taking responsibility for others, not allowing them to face the consequences of their own actions.