able
/ˈeɪ.bl̩/ · adjective
Meaning
- Easy to use.
- Suitable; competent.
- Liable to.
- Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
- Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
- Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
- To make ready.
- To make capable; to enable.
- To dress.
- To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
- To vouch for; to guarantee.
- The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.
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