enable
verb (used with object)
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to: Students with vision impairments are enabled in the classroom with magnifiers and screen reader software.
are enabling
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present progressiveof enable.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Peacebuilding activist Eva Khair told the Security Council that "although they have denied such allegations, external actors are enabling this catastrophe."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
If AI coding tools are enabling a whole new generation of founders, Churven wants to be building and selling those tools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
AutoTune and AI are enabling people who lack musical talent to game the system — like audio catfish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Co-author Professor Phil Bland, from Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences said new discoveries from studying rare particles in meteorites are enabling us to gain insights into cosmic events beyond our solar system.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
The Maravi are reported to be brave, and good marksmen with the bow; but, throughout all the country we have traversed, guns are enabling the trading tribes to overcome the agricultural and manufacturing classes.
From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by David Livingstone
