1. able

adjective. ['ˈeɪbəl'] (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.

Rhymes with Able

• mislabel
• relabel
• schaible
• graybeal
• zabel
• waibel
• raible
• mabel
• laible
• label
• chaebol
• abell
• abel

How do you pronounce able?

Pronounce able as ˈeɪbəl.

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Sentences with able

1. Adjective
You may also be able to eat soft scrambled eggs after surgery.

Quotes about able

1. To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
- Lord Acton

2. The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'
- Maria Montessori

3. Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.
- Dolly Parton

2. able-bodiedism

noun. discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.

3. come-at-able

adjective. capable of being attained or accomplished.

4. come-at-able

adjective. capable of being reached or attained.

5. able-bodism

noun. discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.

6. able-bodied

adjective. ['ˈeɪbəlˈbɑːdiːd'] having a strong healthy body.

7. able-bodied_seaman

noun. a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills.

8. able

adjective. ['ˈeɪbəl'] have the skills and qualifications to do things well.

9. able

adjective. ['ˈeɪbəl'] having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity.

10. able

adjective. ['ˈeɪbəl'] having a strong healthy body.