capable

Definition

  • adjective: able to do something
  • adjective: having attributes (as physical or mental power) required for performance or accomplishment
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: susceptible, comprehensive, fitted

Examples

  • He is not 'capable of' making those medical decisions himself. [=he cannot make the decisions by himself because he cannot think clearly, he is too sick, etc.]

  • I don't believe that she's 'capable of' murder. [=that she is the kind of person who could murder someone]

  • She is one of the most 'capable' [='skilled'] and versatile actresses in Hollywood.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) pull out of Uzbekistan, but.... It looks like it's him. And what...? What is this? It's a... fully primed neutron bomb... with a blast radius of... six miles. And who is capable of disarming such a device? Only me. Only you. Thank you, good doctor. Now... this bomb is armed! (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
  • (..) This is now... a -megaton nuclear bomb. Pull the core out of the reactor. No, you cannot. This is the only power source capable of sustaining it. If you move it, the core will decay in a matter of months. - Five, by my calculations. - And then it will go off! And for the sake of your children, (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises