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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
- postpositivefoll byof able or having the skill (to do something)
she is capable of hard work
- postpositivefoll byof having the temperament or inclination (to do something)
he seemed capable of murder
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹Ա, noun
- ˈ貹, adverb
Other Word Forms
- p··Ա noun
- p· adverb
- v·p· adjective
- ܲȴ-p· adjective
- quasi-p· adverb
- p·p· adjective
- super·p··Ա noun
- super·p· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word 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
In practice, people holding onto public office until the day they die denies opportunities to capable young adults and harms the party they serve.
If you are trying to model or regulate something at a higher level of complexity than you're capable of representing, it's not going to work.
On the pitch, he remains Madrid's eternal risk-taker - capable of brilliance, chaos, and sometimes both in the same play.
While he may have burnt bridges with influential boxing people down to a crisp, Eubank is perfectly capable of single-handedly promoting a fight.
And is it even capable of doing so?
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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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