I ˈeɪbl Feel French Disagree Adjective Bre Speak

• you must be able to speak french for this job.
• a viral illness left her barely able to walk.
• i didn't feel able to disagree with him.
• will you be able to come?

able

1. to have the skill, intelligence, opportunity, etc. needed to do something
• opposite unable
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• You must be able to speak French for this job.
• A viral illness left her barely able to walk.
• I didn't feel able to disagree with him.
• Will you be able to come?
• Can you play the piano?
• I can hear someone calling
• The podcast can be downloaded here.
• Can you/are you able to come on Saturday?
• You’ll be able to get a taxi outside the station.
• I haven’t been able to get much work done today.
• She’d love to be able to play the piano.
• Our daughter could walk when she was nine months old.
• I was able to/managed to find some useful books in the library.
• We weren’t able to/didn’t manage to/couldn’t get there in time.
• I could see there was something wrong.
• I could have won the game but decided to let her win.
2. intelligent; good at something
• the ablest student in the class
• We aim to help the less able in society to lead an independent life.

Extra Examples

• Humans are uniquely able to use true language.
• I was just able to make out a dark figure in the distance.
• Once you’ve had some sleep you’ll feel better able to cope.
• She is not physically able to take care of herself.
• She seems very able.
• less able students
• He was a very able man in business matters.
• I didn’t feel able to disagree with him.
• She’s the ablest student in the class.
• Unfortunately they weren’t able to come.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (also in the sense ‘easy to use, suitable’): from Old French hable, from Latin habilis ‘handy’, from habere ‘to hold’.