Enable

/ɪˈneɪbəl/

The meaning and definition of Enable, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb
  1. To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
    “April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption”
  2. To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
    “His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.”
Synonyms allow activate turn on authorize let permit
Antonyms disable

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