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able
1[ ey-buhl ]
adjective
- 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.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- having unusual or superior intelligence, skill, etc.:
an able leader.
Synonyms: , , ,
- showing talent, skill, or knowledge:
an able speech.
Synonyms:
- 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
Derived Forms
- -ably, suffix:forming_adverbs
- -ability, suffix:forming_nouns
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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of able1
Origin of able2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of able1
Origin of able2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Only this time, they were able to stay away from their most important arms.
Even with all the various difficulties, Xi is betting that Beijing will be able to withstand any economic pain longer than Washington in this great power competition.
Most of the victims were guests who were not able to get out of their rooms, police told the newspaper.
鈥淚 was never able to play with Pete, but James is pretty good.鈥
"A sizeable minority depend on being able to use cash," said Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the influential Treasury Committee.
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