Definition of Able

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Definition of Able

Able

Fit; adapted; suitable.

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.

Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

To make able; to enable; to strengthen.

To vouch for.

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Able Quotations

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

He is able who thinks he is able.
Buddha

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
Buddha

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Thomas Jefferson

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
Maya Angelou

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
Albert Einstein

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Albert Einstein

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.
Barack Obama

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.
Ronald Reagan

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.
Mark Twain

Able Translations

able in Afrikaans is geskoolde
able in Danish is dygtig
able in Dutch is capabel, kundig, bekwaam
able in Italian is adatto, capace, in grado, idoneo, abile
able in Latin is polleo, validus, potens, ingeniosus
able in Norwegian is dyktig
able in Portuguese is capaz
able in Spanish is apto, capaz, susceptible
able in Swedish is duktig, skicklig, kunnig

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