enable
Translation
to enable, to allow, to permit, to activate
Examples
This ticket will enable you to enter.
This ticket will enable you to enter.
You need to enable cookies in your browser.
You need to enable cookies in your browser.
Grammar Patterns
((sb./sth.)) ((to-inf)) to make it possible for (sb./sth.) to do (sth.) This ticket will enable you to enter.
((sth.)) to make (sth.) active or operational You need to enable cookies.
Similar Words
Synonyms: allow, permit, authorize; Antonyms: disable, prevent
Etymology
Prefix 'en-' (to cause to be) + 'able' (capable). Literally 'to make able'.
Memory Tips
Think of 'EN-ABLE' as putting someone or something 'IN' a state of being 'ABLE'.