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The correct spelling is enables.
How to pronounce enables
verb
Say it like: Ena-ble-s
The correct spelling is enables. To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. For example: "April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption"
Usage Examples
“April 16, 2018, Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan writing in The New York Times, ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption”
“His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
- 2.To affirm; to make firm and strong.
- 3.To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
- 4.To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
- 5.To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
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