enables
Sayi-NAY-buhlz/ɪˈneɪbəlz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of enable.
The new software enables teachers to track each student's progress.
A modest grant enables the clinic to stay open through the winter.
Note
The -s form pairs with a singular subject, such as it, she or the grant, while plain enable serves I, you, we and they. Usually it takes an object plus a to-infinitive: a key enables you to open the door. It can also take a thing directly, as when a pulse enables a circuit element. In talk of behavior it shades into tacit excuse: a parent who always pays enables the habit.
enables is a form of enable
enable, verb: To give someone sufficient ability or power to do or to be something. Full entry
- Spelling
- enable → enables: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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