abled
SayAY-buhld/ˈeɪ.bl̩d/
Noun pluralableds
Pluralableds
- 1Having physical powers of a particular kind, as described by a word placed before it.
The program supports differently abled students in regular classrooms.
More physically abled volunteers carried the heavy gear up the trail.
Oppositedisabled
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- 2A person who does not have a disability.
Most ableds never think about ramps until a friend needs one.
The abled don't see how hard a long flight of stairs can be for me.
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- 3Past tense and past participle of able. This old verb is rare today, and most people say enabled.
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Showing meanings only.
abled is a form of able
- Spelling
- able → abled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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Origin
This word was made from the word "disabled" by removing the beginning "dis-".