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able
1[ ey-buhl ]
adjective
abler, ablest.
- having necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications; qualified:
able to lift a two-hundred-pound weight; able to write music; able to travel widely; able to vote.
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- having unusual or superior intelligence, skill, etc.:
an able leader.
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- showing talent, skill, or knowledge:
an able speech.
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- legally empowered, qualified, or authorized.
noun
- Usually Able. a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
-able
2- a suffix meaning 鈥渃apable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,鈥 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
1suffix forming adjectives
- capable of, suitable for, or deserving of (being acted upon as indicated)
separable
enjoyable
pitiable
washable
readable
- inclined to; given to; able to; causing
comfortable
variable
reasonable
able
2/ 藞别瑟产蓹濒 /
adjective
- postpositive having the necessary power, resources, skill, time, opportunity, etc, to do something
able to swim
- capable; competent; talented
an able teacher
- law qualified, competent, or authorized to do some specific act
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Derived Forms
- -ably, suffix:forming_adverbs
- -ability, suffix:forming_nouns
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辞顎僾别谤路补顎僢濒别 adjective
- 辞顎僾别谤路补顎僢路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of able1
First recorded in 1275鈥1325; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin habilis 鈥渉andy,鈥 equivalent to 丑补产(脓谤别) 鈥渢o have, hold鈥 + -ilis adjective suffix; -ile
Origin of able2
Middle English < Old French < Latin -腻产颈濒颈蝉, equivalent to -腻- final vowel of 1st conjugation v. stems + -bilis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of able1
via Old French from Latin -腻产颈濒颈蝉, -墨产颈濒颈蝉, forms of -bilis, adjectival suffix
Origin of able2
C14: ultimately from Latin habilis easy to hold, manageable, apt, from 丑补产脓谤别 to have, hold + -ilis -ile
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Synonym Study
Able, capable, competent all mean possessing adequate power for doing something. Able implies power equal to effort required: able to finish in time. Capable implies power to meet or fulfill ordinary requirements: a capable worker. Competent suggests power to meet demands in a completely satisfactory manner: a competent nurse.
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