Dictionary

enabled en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɛˈneɪbl̩d/ (UK)
• [ɛnˈeɪbəɫd] (US)
• /ɪn-/ (US)
• /ɪ-/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ɛnˈeɪbəld/ (US)
• [ɛˈneɪbəɫd] (UK)

Meanings

1. Being capable for use or action; not disabled.
   • Because of social media and the unprecedented access to information, ordinary people are more enabled than ever before. We call them WE Generation—spanning all age demographics and professions, these are the people connected by the desire to make a difference—rather than birth order. 2018 March 7, Sir Craig Kielburger, Sir Holly Branson, Sir Marc Kielburger, WEconomy: You Can Find Meaning, Make A Living, and Change the World, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
   • And as Anthony Rode has articulated [...] "Molly Sweeny [...] is no longer the most disabled but the most enabled of the three characters, positioned to relate directly to the audience and bring them to participate in the world she inhabits." 2022 September 29, Richard Rankin Russell, Modernity, Community, and Place in Brian Friel's Drama: Second Edition, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 311:
2. Adapted for use with the specified mechanism or system.
   • WAP-enabled
   • Ajax-enabled

Forms

Antonyms

disabled

Deriveds

geoenabled · cyber-enabled · nanoenabled · unenabled

enabled en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɛˈneɪbl̩d/ (UK)
• [ɛnˈeɪbəɫd] (US)
• /ɪn-/ (US)
• /ɪ-/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ɛnˈeɪbəld/ (US)
• [ɛˈneɪbəɫd] (UK)

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of enable
   form of enable