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Meaning of able in English
able | American Dictionary
able adjective (HAVING WHAT IS NEEDED)
able adjective (SKILLFUL)
ably
He does his job very ably.
(Definition of able from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of able
able
Will he circularise all the known dis- abled with a catalogue of what aids are available?
The automatic telephone en- ables us to dispense with that part of the system altogether, because the automatic telephone provides an automatic record which is necessarily and absolutely correct.
We may want to harbour the inconsistency until we are better able to resolve it.
Civilian governments arguably more consolidated than at any time in history, have been able to move the security agenda forward in many ways previously unimaginable.
We have also been able to synthesize code for a large number of mixture problems.
An artificial connection with the main river channel is open only during peak discharges and during this time, fish are able to enter the oxbow.
The diporpa must be able to recognize its fusion partner and, at the same time, avoid the immune response of the fish host.
Although the resulting programming model is not general, it is able to describe a wide range of numerical algorithms.
Animals which are debilitated, less active and less aggressive on the one hand but also less able to assess risk will be more vulnerable.
In the end, though, it was able to maintain power because of its control of the government.
In a warmer climate, the agent might not be able to withstand the environmental changes, resulting in the decay of its virulence.
Good photomultipliers are able to respond to single photons, so the corresponding requirement in the optical range is one photon per bit.
A 106 km telescope would be able to see free oxygen lines in planetary atmospheres near the pseudo event horizon.
There are three main groups of compound potentially able to provide transport across bilayer membrane.
Co-operators need to be able to identify other co-operators, and to detect cheaters.
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Translations of able
in Chinese (Traditional)
能做, 有技巧的, 聰明能幹的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
能做, 有技巧的, 聪明能干的…
in Spanish
inteligente, capaz, hábil…
in Portuguese
capaz, apto, sufixo acrescentado a verbos para formar adjetivos…
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सक्षम, समर्थ, जे करेल त्यात कुशल…
becerikli, zeki ve bir şeyi yapmada iyi, -(e/a)bilir…
నువ్వు చేసే పనిలో తెలివిగా లేక చాలా బాగా ఉండటం…
புத்திசாலி அல்லது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட காரியத்தை செய்து முடிக்க திறமையானவர்…
zdolny, możliwy (sufiks oznaczający zdolność), w stanie…
bravo, capace, competente…
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