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 additional income enabled me to delay claiming my own Social Security benefits until 70.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Shares in Vestas Wind Systems VWS 18.19%increase; green up pointing triangle jumped after the Danish wind-turbine maker posted higher second-quarter earnings and improving profitability, which enabled the company to increase its full-year margin guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The incident triggered the three-page letter signed by Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congressman Paul Tonko and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee that demands an end to the policies that enabled “this type of predatory promotion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
They formed an essential part of the survival strategies that enabled people to live in some of the harshest environments on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
George Washington was one of many surveyors whose work enabled them to increase their own landholdings.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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