enabled

American  

[en-ey-buhld] / ɛnˈeɪ bəld /

adjective

1. Digital Technology. equipped for a specified extended, peripheral, or premium use (used in combination): web-enabled cell phones.

   a Wi-Fi enabled thermostat;

   web-enabled cell phones.

2. noting or relating to a person living with a physical or mental disability who uses adaptive tools or assistive technology to engage in everyday activities and share public and private spaces with others.

   Enabled employees are granted reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

3. nondisabled.

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Sensitive Note

See able-bodied.

Etymology

Origin of enabled

enable ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Peterborough City Council said its Better Off Calculator, which enabled people to check their benefit eligibility, found 68 households that were entitled to support.

From BBC

The research reflects more than six years of work supported by a National Institutes of Health New Innovator Award, which enabled the team to investigate how chronic pain develops and persists.

From Science Daily

That has enabled the company to keep customers who might cancel a higher-priced package but now are more likely to just downgrade their subscription.

From MarketWatch

It also provides obfuscated servers, but obfuscation isn’t enabled across the board.

From Salon

Officials also said that Snapchat’s default settings might not provide sufficient privacy, safety, and security protections for minors as teens are automatically recommended to other users and push notifications remain enabled by default.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• empower
• facilitate
• implement
• permit
• set up