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able

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1. able - Noun

2. able - Adjective

3. able - Verb

5. able - Adjective Satellite

6. Able - Proper noun

Meaning

Fit; adapted; suitable.

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.

Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

To make able; to enable; to strengthen.

To vouch for.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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able to swim Source: Internet

she was able to program her computer Source: Internet

we were at last able to buy a car Source: Internet

able to get a grant for the project Source: Internet

able to learn Source: Internet

human beings are able to walk on two feet Source: Internet

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