enabled

[en-ey-buhld]

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.

Sensitive Note

See able-bodied.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enabled¹

enable ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Ultimately the poor communication between the four Liverpool players in the middle of the box, including Salah's failure to pick up a man, enabled Forest to score.

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"Depending on the guest molecule, computer models enabled us to calculate how much more binding force the highly energetic water yields," explains Professor Werner Nau of Constructor University in Bremen.

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Networked machines and web‑enabled software quietly transformed back offices as much as our on‑screen lives.

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Brown also dug into comments from state Rep. Todd Hunter, the Corpus Christi Republican who carried the bill that enabled the map.

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“While China’s industry is highly skilled and highly capable, its dominant position is both enabled and hardened by subsidies, price manipulation, and scale,” said Matthew Sloustcher, MP Materials’

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Related Words

• empower 
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• permit 
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