The meaning of able is having sufficient power, skill, or resources to do something How to use able in a sentence. To have the necessary physical strength, mental power, skill, time, money, or opportunity to do… Having the necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications to do something Having or showing unusual talent, intelligence, skill, or knowledge A suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,” associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from latin (laudable)
Used in english as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition to stems of any origin (teachable There are 15 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word able, seven of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Having necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications See examples of able used in a sentence. Able (comparative abler, superlative ablest) having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task
Able meaning, definition, what is able Clever or good at doing something
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