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Apr 10, 2003 22:31
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English term
FRANCISCO MARTINEZ E.
enable
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enable
enable
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make able
1. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity; make able.
2. To make feasible or possible.
3. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to.
4. To make operational; activate.
2. To make feasible or possible.
3. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to.
4. To make operational; activate.
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Ino66 (X)
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Will Matter
: agree but more context would be better
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Alexandra Tussing
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Rafa Lombardino
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Maria Knorr
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Jolanta Schimenti
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Сергей Лузан
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AhmedAMS
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Marian Greenfield
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make possible; turn on an option of a software program
what's the context???
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Alexandra Tussing
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Rafa Lombardino
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Сергей Лузан
: As well.
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to make possible, practical, or easy and...
en·able
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): en·abled; en·abling /-b(&-)li[ng]/
Date: 15th century
1 a : to provide with the means or opportunity <training that enables people to earn a living> b : to make possible, practical, or easy c : to cause to operate <software that enables the keyboard>
2 : to give legal power, capacity, or sanction to <a law enabling admission of a state>
Merriam-Webster's
Good luck from Oso ¶:^)
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): en·abled; en·abling /-b(&-)li[ng]/
Date: 15th century
1 a : to provide with the means or opportunity <training that enables people to earn a living> b : to make possible, practical, or easy c : to cause to operate <software that enables the keyboard>
2 : to give legal power, capacity, or sanction to <a law enabling admission of a state>
Merriam-Webster's
Good luck from Oso ¶:^)
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Ino66 (X)
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Thank you, Ino66 ¶:^)
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Will Matter
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Thank you, willmatter ¶:^)
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Alexandra Tussing
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Thank you, Alexandra ¶:^)
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Maria Knorr
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Thank you, Maria ¶:^)
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Сергей Лузан
: Por supuesto. Sin dudas.
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Muchas gracias a mi buddy, Sergio ¶:^)
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to provide (someone) with adequate power
,means, opportunities or authority( to do something).
To make possible
Hasta luego
Buenas noces
To make possible
Hasta luego
Buenas noces
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empower/provide the means or opportunity
That's one possibility, but some context is needed to give you a good answer. To enable in a mechanical sense to the make something work or make something possible. To enable a person is to give the person the power or ability to do something.
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Alaa Zeineldine
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facilitate
and of course I add my voice to the chorus of requests for more context.
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