enables

VERB

allow, authorize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

empower facilitate implement permit set up

STRONG

accredit approve capacitate commission condition endow fit invest let license prepare qualify ready sanction warrant

WEAK

give power make possible provide the means

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delay hinder refuse reject stop

STRONG

disapprove prevent

WEAK

block disallow halt inhibit oppose

Example Sentences

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"Muscular strength, in many ways, enables one to move their body from one point to another, particularly when moving against gravity," LaMonte adds.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

In 2015, he launched the eco-tourism venture Ted Turner Reserves, which enables tourists to visit his four properties in New Mexico and learn about conservation efforts.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

This enables visitors to ask questions that prompt real-time responses from pre-recorded video interviews with Holocaust survivors and other witnesses to genocide.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

It enables richer data collection and allows researchers to respond quickly to events.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

This discipline is of such efficacy that not only does it maintain those who were born princes, but it enables men of private station on many occasions to rise to that position.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli