This may be because of a change in people's attitude toward marriage and the sharp increase of fast food restaurants and convenience stores which are open 24 hours a day and enable young people to live more easily.
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Enable
//ɪˈneɪbəl//
Synonyms for "enable" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
154 translations across 54 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- aanskakel verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- aktiveer verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Albanian
1 entries- aktivizoj verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Amharic
1 entries- አንቃ verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Armenian
1 entries- միացնել verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- aktivləşdirmək verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- işə salmaq verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Basque
1 entries- aktibatu verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Belarusian
2 entries- актываваць verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- уключа́ць verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Bengali
1 entries- সক্রিয় করা verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Bulgarian
3 entries- активирам verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- включвам verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- да́вам възмо́жност verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Catalan
1 entries- habilitar verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 啟用 /启用 verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Czech
4 entries- aktivovat verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- umožnit verb (to make something possible)
- umožnit verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
- zapnout verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Danish
4 entries- aktivere verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- anordne verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
- give nogen kraft verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- muliggøre verb (to make something possible)
Dutch
4 entries- activeren verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- in staat stellen verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- in staat stellen verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
- inschakelen verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Esperanto
3 entries- aktivigi verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- ebligi verb (to make something possible)
- enŝalti verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Estonian
2 entries- aktiveerima verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- sisse lülitama verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Finnish
4 entries- aktivoida verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- antaa lupa verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- antaa tekosyy verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
- mahdollistaa verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
French
4 entries- activer verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- autoriser verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- permettre verb (to make something possible)
- permettre verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩართვა verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
German
4 entries- (jemanden) berechtigen verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- aktivieren verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- anordnen verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
- befähigen verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Greek
2 entries- ενεργοποιώ verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- επιτρέπω verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
Hindi
2 entries- चालू करना verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- सक्रिय करना verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Hungarian
4 entries- aktivál verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- bekapcsol verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- engedélyez verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- felhatalmaz verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Icelandic
1 entries- gera virkt verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Indonesian
4 entries- memampukan verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- memfungsikan verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- mengaktifkan verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- menghidupkan verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Italian
3 entries- abilitare verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- attivare verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- permettere verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
Javanese
1 entries- ngaktifake verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жандыруу verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- күйгүзүү verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Lao
1 entries- ເປີດໃຊ້ງານ verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Latin
1 entries- habilito verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Latvian
2 entries- aktivizēt verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- ieslēgt verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Lithuanian
2 entries- aktyvinti verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- įjungti verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- aktivéieren verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Macedonian
2 entries- активира verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- вклучува verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Malay
2 entries- mengaktifkan verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- menghidupkan verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Malayalam
4 entries- പ്രാപ്തമാക്കുക verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- സാധ്യമാക്കുക verb (to make something possible)
- സാധ്യമാക്കുക verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
- സാധ്യമാക്കുക verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Marathi
1 entries- सक्रिय करावे verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Māori
4 entries- whakaahei verb (to make something possible)
- whakahohe verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- whakakaha verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- whakamana verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Persian
2 entries- فعال کردن verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- کناییدن verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Polish
4 entries- aktywować verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- odblokować verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- umożliwiać verb (to make something possible)
- umożliwić verb (to make something possible)
Portuguese
4 entries- ativar verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- habilitar verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- habilitar verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- possibilitar verb (to make something possible)
Romanian
1 entries- activa verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Russian
4 entries- активи́ровать verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- включа́ть verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- дава́ть возмо́жность verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- уполномо́чивать verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- thoir comas do verb (to make something possible)
- thoir cothrom do verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- aktivirati verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- deblokírati verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- osposòbiti verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- ovlástiti verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
Slovak
2 entries- aktivovať verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- zapnúť verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Slovene
2 entries- vključiti verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- vklopiti verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Spanish
4 entries- activar verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- habilitar verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- habilitar verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- posibilitar verb (to make something possible)
Sundanese
3 entries- ᮍᮊ᮪ᮒᮤᮕ᮪ᮊᮩᮔ᮪ verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- ᮍᮖᮥᮀᮞᮤᮊᮩᮔ᮪ verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- ᮍᮠᮥᮛᮥᮀᮊᮩᮔ᮪ verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Swahili
1 entries- kuwasha verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Swedish
4 entries- aktivera verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- ge någon kraft verb (to give power, sanction or authorization to; to provide with abilities, means, opportunities)
- möjliggöra verb (to make something possible)
- möjliggöra verb (to allow a way out or excuse for an action)
Turkish
1 entries- etkinleştirmek verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Turkmen
2 entries- işjeňleşdirmek verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- işletmek verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Ukrainian
4 entries- активувати verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- включати verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- вмикати verb (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- уможли́вити verb (to make something possible)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
This bird's large wings enable it to fly very fast.
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This would enable us to compete more effectively with other agencies.
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Your response is greatly appreciated and will enable us to prepare more efficiently.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.