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capable
[key-puh-buhl]
adjective
having power and ability; efficient; competent.
a capable instructor.
Synonyms: , ,
capable
/ ˈɪəə /
adjective
having ability, esp in many different fields; competent
able or having the skill (to do something)
she is capable of hard work
having the temperament or inclination (to do something)
he seemed capable of murder
Other 51Թ Forms
- capableness noun
- capably adverb
- overcapable adjective
- quasi-capable adjective
- quasi-capably adverb
- supercapable adjective
- supercapableness noun
- supercapably adverb
- ˈ貹Ա noun
- ˈ貹 adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of capable1
Idioms and Phrases
capable of,
having the ability or capacity for.
a man capable of judging art.
open to the influence or effect of; susceptible of.
a situation capable of improvement.
predisposed to; inclined to.
capable of murder.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
If nothing else, this Club World Cup could reveal just how much more expansion the game is capable of, and willing to accept.
And there is no evidence to show what we might call the Angels Way — drafting polished college stars capable of getting to the majors in a hurry — is a way to win.
But over time she grows stronger, more capable, and more accepted.
They are now the biggest ships Pyongyang has in its fleet and are capable, in theory, of launching nuclear weapons.
For Ojai, Chase collected concerned composers on a quest for a kind of eco-sonics capable of conjuring up the pleasure of nature and, in the process, saving our sanity.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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