enable

Meaning

1. To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
2. To affirm; to make firm and strong.
3. To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
4. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
5. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
6. To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
7. To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

Synonyms

make possible

cause

empower

make

permit

authorize

favour

give

happen

let

release

round

sanction

surround

turn on

unblock

unlock

🔓

make it possible

enablement

activate

pulse-on

bless

capacitate

enabled

enact

encircle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈneɪbəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: enablen

In summary

From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.