enable

Definition

  • verb: to make (someone or something) able 'to do' or 'to be' something
  • verb: to provide with the means or opportunity
  • often used in combination
  • synonyms: empower, endow

Examples

  • a wireless-'enabled' laptop [=a laptop that is able to send and receive wireless signals]

  • The proposed tax will 'enable' [='facilitate'] the hiring of more police officers.

  • These choices are part of what 'enabled' the company 'to be' successful.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the United States, China, and Russia will collaborate on a plan to extract oil from untapped sites in eastern Siberia. This will then enable a return to a more stable oil market, as well as a stable global economy. Now, in order to make this plan viable - and mitigate any tax burden... (..)
    2016 TvShow: House of Cards Title: Chapter 45 Season: 4 Episode 6
  • (..) Pastor mentioned you're computer at NASA - Yes - What's that entail? We calculate the mathematics necessary to enable launch and landing for the Space Program. - Pretty heady stuff! - Yes, it is. They let women handle that sort of.. (..)
    2016 Hidden Figures
  • (..) In principle, you have a point. But as a practical matter, need I remind you that it takes experimental pharmaceuticals to simply enable you to speak to the opposite sex. I think you're focusing entirely too much on the drugs. Is it 'cause I'm Jewish? 'Cause I'd kill my rabbi (..)
    2008 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Pork Chop Indeterminacy Season: 1 Episode 15