- enable someone to do something
- enable someone to do somethingto make it possible for someone to do something. •
This money will enable me to open my own business.
•My uncle enabled me to open my own candy shop.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
enable someone to do something
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enable — [[t]ɪne͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ enables, enabling, enabled 1) VERB If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it. [V n to inf] The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early. [V n to… … English dictionary
enable */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈeɪb(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms enable : present tense I/you/we/they enable he/she/it enables present participle enabling past tense enabled past participle enabled to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something… … English dictionary
enable — en|a|ble [ ın eıbl ] verb transitive *** to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something: Enemy communications were destroyed, enabling a surprise attack. enable someone to do something: This will enable users to conduct live video… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
enable — en|a|ble W1S3 [ıˈneıbəl] v [T] to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happen enable sb/sth to do sth ▪ The loan enabled Jan to buy the house. ▪ There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
enable — UK US /ɪˈneɪbl/ verb [T] ► to make someone or something able to do something, or to make something possible: enable sb/sth to do sth »This software will enable us to track orders more efficiently. »Recent technology has enabled the development of … Financial and business terms
enable — /I neIbFl/ verb (T) 1 to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something: enable sb to do sth: Money from her aunt enabled Jan to buy the house. 2 formal to make something possible: a policy designed to enable the introduction of flexible … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
enable*/*/*/ — [ɪnˈeɪb(ə)l] verb [T] to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something This will enable users to conduct live video conversations.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
enable — verb 1》 give (someone) the ability or means to do something. ↘make possible. 2》 chiefly Computing make (a device or system) operational; activate. ↘[as adjective enabled] adapted for use with the specified application or system: WAP… … English new terms dictionary
allow - permit - let — Allow, permit, and let are all used to say that someone is given permission to do something, or is not prevented from doing something. Permit is a formal word. ◊ allow and permit Allow and permit … Useful english dictionary
let - allow - permit — Allow, permit, and let are all used to say that someone is given permission to do something, or is not prevented from doing something. Permit is a formal word. ◊ allow and permit Allow and permit … Useful english dictionary
set up — verb 1. set up or found (Freq. 17) She set up a literacy program • Syn: ↑establish, ↑found, ↑launch • Ant: ↑abolish (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
