Found 3 items, similar to able.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: able
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: able
able
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or
skill or know-how or authority to do something;
“able
to swim”;
“she was able to program her computer”;
“we
were at last able to buy a car”;
“able to get a grant
for the project” [ant:
unable]
2: have the skills and qualifications to do things well;
“able
teachers”;
“a capable administrator”;
“children as young
as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable” [syn:
capable]
3: having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity;
“able to learn”;
“human beings are able to walk on two
feet”;
“Superman is able to leap tall buildings”
4: having a strong healthy body;
“an able seaman”;
“every
able-bodied young man served in the army” [syn:
able-bodied]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Able
Able
\A"ble\, a. [comp.
Abler; superl.
Ablest.] [OF. habile,
L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful,
fr. habere to have, hold. Cf.
Habile and see
Habit.]
1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]
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A many man, to ben an abbot able. --Chaucer.
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2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or
resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed
of qualifications rendering competent for some end;
competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman,
soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to
reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain;
able to play on a piano.
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3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong
mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever;
powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able
speech.
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No man wrote abler state papers. --Macaulay.
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4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence;
as, able to inherit or devise property.
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Note:
Able for, is Scotticism.
“Hardly able for such a march.” --Robertson.
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Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective;
capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.
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Able
\A"ble\, v. t. [See
Able, a.] [Obs.]
1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. --Chaucer.
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2. To vouch for.
“I 'll able them.” --Shak.
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