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adjective having power and ability; efficient; competent: a capable instructor.
Idioms for capablecapable of , having the ability or capacity for: a man capable of judging art. open to the influence or effect of; susceptible of: a situation capable of improvement. predisposed to; inclined to: capable of murder. Origin of capable 1555–65; <Late Latin capābilis roomy, apparently equivalent to cap (āx ) roomy + -ābilis able; see capacity
SYNONYMS FOR capable 1 skillful, ingenious, accomplished.
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synonym study for capable 1 . See able.
OTHER WORDS FROM capable ca·pa·ble·ness, noun ca·pa·bly, adverb o·ver·ca·pa·ble, adjective qua·si-ca·pa·ble, adjective
qua·si-ca·pa·bly, adverb su·per·ca·pa·ble, adjective su·per·ca·pa·ble·ness, noun su·per·ca·pa·bly, adverb
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Words nearby capable Cao Yu, cap, capa, capability, Capablanca, capable , capacious, capacitance, capacitate, capacitation, capacitive
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Love is capable of seeing clearer and deeper than any other faculty.
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A frenzied effort, the last of which his muscles were capable , and the door yielded.
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A trip, I assure you, that not many men would have been capable of.
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Its body is the most significant part, as it is capable of so many variations.
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But even these must be given the opportunity for development, if they are capable of it.
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British Dictionary definitions for capable adjective having ability, esp in many different fields; competent
(postpositive foll by of ) able or having the skill (to do something) she is capable of hard work
(postpositive foll by of ) having the temperament or inclination (to do something) he seemed capable of murder
Derived forms of capable capableness , noun capably , adverb Word Origin for capable C16: from French, from Late Latin capābilis able to take in, from Latin capere to take
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