"capable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkeɪpəbəl/ Audio: en-us-capable.ogg Forms: more capable [comparative], most capable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|frm|capable}} Middle French capable, {{der|en|LL.|capābilis}} Late Latin capābilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} capable (comparative more capable, superlative most capable)
  1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something. Translations (able and efficient): قَادِر (qādir) (Arabic), قادِر (gādir) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), putut (Aromanian), gai (Basque), здо́льны (zdólʹny) (Belarusian), спосо́бен (sposóben) (Bulgarian), кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren) (Bulgarian), စွမ်း (cwam:) (Burmese), capaç (Catalan), 能幹 (Chinese Mandarin), 能干 (nénggàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 有能力 (yǒu nénglì) (Chinese Mandarin), schopný (Czech), zdatný (Czech), bekwaam (Dutch), kapabla (Esperanto), kyvykäs (Finnish), kykenevä (Finnish), capable (French), fähig (German), ικανός (ikanós) (Greek), सक्षम (sakṣam) [masculine] (Hindi), kapabla (Ido), capabile (Interlingua), cumasach (Irish), capace (Italian), 有能な (yūnō na) (alt: ゆうのうな) (Japanese), wayanta (Kaurna), ជំនាញ (cumniəñ) (Khmer), 유능하다 (yuneunghada) (Korean), kadir (Ladino), kapache (Ladino), kapachi (Monastir) (Ladino), potis (Latin), spējīgs (Latvian), способен (sposoben) (Macedonian), jargal (Manx), habil'ye (Norman), stać (note: a defective verb) (Polish), zdolny (Polish), capaz (Portuguese), kuti (Quechua), capabil (Romanian), спосо́бный (sposóbnyj) (Russian), comasach (Scottish Gaelic), спо̏собан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), spȍsoban [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), schopný (Slovak), zdatný (Slovak), zmožen (Slovene), capaz (Spanish), kapabel (Swedish), cämpamo (Tocharian B), kapasiteli (Turkish), kapasitede (Turkish), зда́тний (zdátnyj) (Ukrainian), зді́бний (zdíbnyj) (Ukrainian), спромо́жний (spromóžnyj) (Ukrainian), قابل (Urdu), פֿעיִק (feik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-capable-en-adj-gAVf8UOR Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'able and efficient': 95 5
  2. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: capable Hyponyms: airworthy, roadworthy, seaworthy, spaceworthy Derived forms: capability [noun], capableness, capably, handicapable, noncapable, overcapable, supercapable, ultracapable, uncapable Related terms: healthy, skillful

Inflected forms

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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "спо̏собан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "spȍsoban"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "schopný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "zdatný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "zmožen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "capaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "cämpamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapasiteli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "kapasitede"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdátnyj",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "зда́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zdíbnyj",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "зді́бний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spromóžnyj",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "спромо́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "قابل"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "feik",
      "sense": "able and efficient",
      "word": "פֿעיִק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "capable"
}

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