enabled

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛˈneɪbl̩d/, [ɛˈneɪbəɫd], /ɪ-/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈeɪbəld/, [ɛnˈeɪbəɫd], /ɪn-/

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Adjective

enabled (comparative more enabled, superlative most enabled)

1. Being capable for use or action; not disabled.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 2022 September 29, Richard Rankin Russell, Modernity, Community, and Place in Brian Friel's Drama: Second Edition, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 311:

     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."

2. (computing) Adapted for use with the specified mechanism or system.

   Ajax-enabled

   WAP-enabled

Antonyms

• disabled

Derived terms

• cyber-enabled

 

Verb

enabled

1. simple past and past participle of enable

Anagrams

• endable