able
adj. capable, competent; talented | ||||
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ABLE Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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ABLE
<language> A simple language for accountants.
["ABLE, The Accounting Language, Programming and Reference Manual," Evansville Data Proc Center, Evansville, IN, Mar 1975].
[Listed in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11):56 (Nov 1978)].
(1994-11-08)
<language> A simple language for accountants.
["ABLE, The Accounting Language, Programming and Reference Manual," Evansville Data Proc Center, Evansville, IN, Mar 1975].
[Listed in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11):56 (Nov 1978)].
(1994-11-08)
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ABLE Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Able
(superl.)
Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
(superl.)
Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
(superl.)
Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
(superl.)
Fit; adapted; suitable.
(a.)
To vouch for.
(a.)
To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
(superl.)
Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
(superl.)
Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
(superl.)
Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
(superl.)
Fit; adapted; suitable.
(a.)
To vouch for.
(a.)
To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
able
An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.
| WordNet 2.0 |
able
Adjective
1. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project"
(antonym) unable, not able
(attribute) ability
2. have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"
(synonym) capable
(similar) competent
3. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
(similar) capable
4. having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"
(synonym) able-bodied
(similar) fit, healthy
Adjective
1. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project"
(antonym) unable, not able
(attribute) ability
2. have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"
(synonym) capable
(similar) competent
3. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
(similar) capable
4. having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"
(synonym) able-bodied
(similar) fit, healthy
| Australian Slang |
Not to be able to care less
to have no care or concern
to have no care or concern
Not to be able to last a round in a revolving door
to be very weak
Not to be able to lie straight in bed
to be a dishonest person, liar
Not to be able to organise a piss-up in a brewery
to be useless
| Shakespeare Words |
ABLE
to uphold
to uphold
| Anagram |
able
bela
bela
| hEnglish - advanced version |
able
able
seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship...
see also seaman
similar words(10)
able for
able seaman
able-mindedness
able-minded
able-bodiedness
able-bodied
un-get-at-able
not able
un-come-at-able
willing and able
able
seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship...
see also seaman
similar words(10)
able for
able seaman
able-mindedness
able-minded
able-bodiedness
able-bodied
un-get-at-able
not able
un-come-at-able
willing and able
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
able
am able to: tá sé ar mo chumas
able to: ábalta
an able man: fear éirimeamhail
am able to: tá sé ar mo chumas
able to: ábalta
an able man: fear éirimeamhail
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Abl
Abl = a. able, powerful, wealthy
Abl = a. able, powerful, wealthy
Achryf
Achryf = a. strong, potent, powerful, able
Dichon
Dichon = v. to be able
Gallad
Gallad = n. a being able
Gallel
Gallel = v. to be possible, to be able
Gallu
Gallu = n. power, ability, v. to be able, may or can
Galluad
Galluad = n. a making able
Galluedigaeth
Galluedigaeth = n. a making able
Meddu
Meddu = v. to be able; to possess
Medriad
Medriad = n. a being able, a, effecting
Medru
Medru = v. to exert skill; to know how to do; to be able; to aim
ABLE Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
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ABLE
Acquisition Based on Logistics Effects; Advanced Base Logistics Envelope
Acquisition Based on Logistics Effects; Advanced Base Logistics Envelope
ABLE Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
able
adjective
after the injection he was able to breathe more easily = he could breathe more easily
NOTE: opposite is unable. Note also that able is used with to and a verb
adjective
after the injection he was able to breathe more easily = he could breathe more easily
NOTE: opposite is unable. Note also that able is used with to and a verb
ABLE Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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ABLE
(1) Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition [> NASA] - Conducted in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America and Greenland during July and August 1988 to investigate the distribution of trace gas and aerosol chemical species during summer months; (2) Arctic Boundary Layer Experiment [> NASA] - Experiment to characterize the chemistry and dynamics of the troposphere in Subarctic regions of eastern Canada during the summer of 1990
(1) Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition [> NASA] - Conducted in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America and Greenland during July and August 1988 to investigate the distribution of trace gas and aerosol chemical species during summer months; (2) Arctic Boundary Layer Experiment [> NASA] - Experiment to characterize the chemistry and dynamics of the troposphere in Subarctic regions of eastern Canada during the summer of 1990
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ABLE
Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment
Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment
ABLE Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
able
polleo, validus, potens, ingeniosus
polleo, validus, potens, ingeniosus
healthy able
valens
| Chaucer's Middle English Glossary |
able
suitable
suitable
ABLE Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Able
kup
kup
| English - Klingon |
able
v. suffix : laH
v. suffix : laH
be able to
v. suffix : laH
ABLE Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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ABLE
Able Energy, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Holding company with subsidiaries which provide retail distribution and the provision of services relating to, fuel oil, propane gas and natural gas; Market other petroleum products including diesel fuel, gasoline and lubricants to commercial customers; Install and repair home heating equipment; And provide environmental services for
Able Energy, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Holding company with subsidiaries which provide retail distribution and the provision of services relating to, fuel oil, propane gas and natural gas; Market other petroleum products including diesel fuel, gasoline and lubricants to commercial customers; Install and repair home heating equipment; And provide environmental services for
ABRX
ABLE LABORATORIES INC
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ABLE Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Able
Abel may refer to:
In fiction:
- Able Crown, a fictional character from DC Comics
- Doctor Able Cuvier, a fictional character from Batman Beyond
In technology:
- ABLE (nuclear weapon), a nuclear weapon test series conducted by the United States in the summer of 1946
- ABLE (programming language), a simplified programming language
- Able space probes, probes in the Pioneer program
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-able and -ible
-able and -ible are two common suffixes in English. As they are pronounced the same way, they are often confused in spelling. This leads to many spelling mistakes.
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