enabled
Americanadjective
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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.
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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.
Sensitive Note
See able-bodied.
Etymology
Origin of enabled
Example Sentences
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This has enabled Italian brand Regina, for example, to switch from plastic to paper packaging for its hygiene products like toilet roll, kitchen paper and napkins.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Hugh Lennox Bond said the advantages of habeas are that it is swift and cheap, and I think that is what enabled a lot of the legal success in the District of Minnesota.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
That has enabled managers to make fast supply-chain adjustments and well-informed pricing decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
“It enabled us to expand the scope in ways that wouldn’t have been feasible before,” Sarandos said.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
For instance, suppose that a mere 5,000 Koreans had come to Kyushu, but that rice agriculture had enabled them to feed babies and to increase their numbers at a rate of 1 percent per year.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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