[
US
/ˈeɪbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ˈeɪbəl/ ]
[ UK /ˈeɪbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
she was able to program her computer
able to get a grant for the project
able to swim
we were at last able to buy a car -
have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a capable administrator
children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable
able teachers -
having a strong healthy body
every able-bodied young man served in the army
an able seaman -
having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
Superman is able to leap tall buildings
able to learn
human beings are able to walk on two feet
How To Use able In A Sentence
- The buildings are usually gabled, with rows of tiles along the ridges of the roofs.
- Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
- These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
- Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
- People at MSFC have told me over drinks that this study concluded that EELV are human ratable but they were going to do what Griffin wanted. Obama Policies on Transparency, Openness, and Participation - and NASA - NASA Watch
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- Everyone's at it - apart from a few notable and honourable exceptions. The Sun
- On the other hand, a blazer and slacks would probably be acceptable. Times, Sunday Times
- But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
- Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
