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Enable

/ɪˈneɪbəl/

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.

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📖 Definitions of "Enable"

verb

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.
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↔️ Antonyms of "Enable"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
disableverb	(chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
incapacitateverb	To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.
disenableverb	(transitive) To disable (render unable)

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Enable"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
enablementnoun	The act of enabling.
habilitationnoun	An academic qualification, prerequiring a PhD, required in order to gain tenure as a professor in some European universities; a thesis or dissertation presented to achieve the qualification.
empowerverb	(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
affordverb	To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
ableverb	Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
permittingverb	Used in an absolute clause to indicate that the statement modified by the clause (typically an expression of intent) will only be fulfilled if not impeded by the noun.
permitverb	(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
permittedverb	Allowed, authorized.
establishverb	(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
authorizeverb	(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
offerverb	(transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
allowedverb	Permitted, authorized.
facilitateverb	To make easy or easier.
grantverb	(ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
capable	Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
accommodateverb	(transitive) To provide housing for.
initiateverb	(transitive) To begin; to start.
assistverb	To help.
contributeverb	(ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.