verb🔗ShareTo make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to."Providing students with laptops is enabling them to complete their homework more efficiently. "abilityactionhumanbeingsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo affirm; to make firm and strong.""The teacher's encouragement was enabling her to believe in her math skills." "abilityactionachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for."Completing the training course is enabling Sarah to apply for the promotion. "abilitylawgovernmentpoliticsbusinessorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like."April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption"abilitypossibilityactionsystemfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior."His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs."attitudeactionsocietymoralcharactertendencyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse."The teacher enabled the projector by pressing the button. "electronicstechnologytechnicaldevicesignalelectricChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device)."Enabling the Wi-Fi on your phone allows you to connect to the internet. "technologyelectronicsdevicemachinefunctiontechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn act or an instance of something being enabled."The software update included the enabling of Bluetooth, which I needed to connect my wireless headphones. "abilitytechnologycomputingactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading