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

This has enabled Pyongyang to lessen dependence on its main long-term backer, China.

From Barron's

In fact, it was a remote desktop application that enabled Lam and his conspirators to transfer 4,000 bitcoins to themselves, Stratton said.

From Los Angeles Times

That funding enabled Penn to establish Wharton, the world’s first collegiate business school.

From The Wall Street Journal

From the VPN Mode settings menu, you can customize whether or not the VPN gets enabled automatically and in what circumstances.

From Salon

Before long his legal experience helping tax clients register investment income as capital gains, rather than interest, enabled him to aid the firm’s Saudi clients.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• empower
• facilitate
• implement
• permit
• set up