able

Senso (English)

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.

Synonyms

capable

can

competent

skillful

skilled

clever

proficient

efficient

talented

skilful

adept

accomplished

apt

fit

powerful

gifted

adroit

smart

qualified

expert

strong

able-bodied

dexterous

handy

knowing

may

possible

mighty

be able to

experienced

suitable

know

deft

how

meet

sufficient

I can

ability

know how

fit for work

capable of

potent

capability

shrewd

effective

deserving

know how to

wise

best effort

worthy

able to

be capable of

meritorious

neat

orotund

pat

pertinent

potential

practised

professional

promising

puissant

racy

realize

red-blooded

resourceful

robust

serviceable

sharp

shifty

skill

sound

🔉

start

stiff

successful

suitability

tight

trained

worth

become strong

be possible

dining-table

have power

I can not

sure-handed

knacky

walking

🚶

-ible

-able

fitted for

having power

dinner-table

hard-working

skillful

skilful

practical

ably

active

acute

alienable

apposite

artistic

aspiration

astute

athletic

be

be enough

be full

begin

big

bright

canny

capacious

concentrated

confident

consummate

cordial

could

cunning

deep

detestable

dextrous

disposed

dominant

doughty

efficacious

eligible

enough

equal

exquisite

fitted

forceful

gather

hard

harsh

hated

healthy

⚕️

heavy

hot

🥵

ideal

ingenious

innovational

intelligent

intense

inventive

invigorated

loud

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.bəl/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: able

In summary

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.

Frasi

You will never be able to escape from your heart .

Non sarai mai in grado di scappare dal tuo cuore.

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

Aveva sempre creduto che le pecore fossero in grado di capire cosa diceva.

Had our instruments permitted it , we might have been able to see the trouble way back when .

Se i nostri strumenti lo avessero permesso, avremmo potuto essere in grado di vedere il problema quando.

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

L'aumento della dose del farmaco può essere in grado di ripristinare la risposta originale.

I haven't been able to shake him since .

Non sono stato in grado di scuoterlo da allora.

I don't know if I'll be able to find life in the desert , the boy thought .

Non so se potrò trovare la vita nel deserto, pensò il ragazzo.