able

/'eibl/

Thân thiện

An able student helps her friend with a math problem.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having the necessary skill, knowledge, or resources to do something: Describes someone or something that possesses the capability or competence to perform an action or task.
   • Having considerable proficiency or talent: Indicates a person who is skilled, effective, or talented in a particular area.
   • Having the physical or mental power or capacity: Refers to the inherent ability or fitness to accomplish something.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • She is an able administrator who manages the team efficiently.
  • After months of practice, he was finally able to play the sonata.
  • The company seeks able candidates who can solve complex problems.

Advanced Usage

• "Able to" + verb (infinitive): This is the most common construction, used to express capability or possibility.

  • Will you be able to attend the meeting tomorrow?
  • The new software is able to process data much faster.

• "Financially able": Having the monetary means to do something.

  • They were not financially able to purchase a home at that time.

Variants and Related Words

• Ability (n): The possession of the means or skill to do something.

  • She has the ability to speak three languages fluently.

• Enable (v): To give someone or something the authority or means to do something.

  • This tool enables users to create graphics easily.

• Disable (v): To deprive of capability or effectiveness.

  • You can temporarily disable the alarm system.

Synonyms

• Capable: Having the ability, fitness, or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing.
• Competent: Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.
• Skilled: Having or showing the knowledge, ability, or training to perform a certain activity or task well.

Related Phrases

• Able-bodied: Physically fit and healthy, especially in the context of being fit for work or military service.
  • The search party was made up of able-bodied volunteers.

Idioms

• Able to hold one's own: Capable of competing or defending oneself adequately in a challenging situation.

  • Despite the tough competition, the young boxer was able to hold his own.

• Able to take a joke: Capable of accepting humor directed at oneself without becoming upset.

  • It's important to work with people who are able to take a joke.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a strong healthy body
   • an able seaman
   • every able-bodied young man served in the army
2. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
   • able to learn
   • human beings are able to walk on two feet
   • Superman is able to leap tall buildings
3. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
   • able teachers
   • a capable administrator
   • children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable
4. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
   • able to swim
   • she was able to program her computer
   • we were at last able to buy a car
   • able to get a grant for the project

Từ đồng nghĩa

• able-bodied
• capable