able

Signification

Adj

1. Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
2. Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
3. Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
4. Legally qualified or competent.
5. Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
6. (obsolete) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
7. (obsolete) Easy to use.
8. (obsolete) Suitable; competent.
9. (obsolete) Liable to.
10. (obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To make ready.
2. (obsolete) To make capable; to enable.
3. (obsolete) To dress.
4. (obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
5. (obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee.

Noun

The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.bəl/

Étymologie

From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”), from habeō (“have, possess”) + -ibilis.
Broadly ousted the native Old English magan.

Phrases

You will never be able to escape from your heart .

Vous ne pourrez jamais échapper à votre cœur.

He had always believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said .

Il avait toujours cru que les moutons étaient capables de comprendre ce qu'il avait dit.

Increasing the dose of the drug may be able to restore the original response .

L'augmentation de la dose du médicament peut être en mesure de restaurer la réponse d'origine.