enables

VERB

allow, authorize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

empower facilitate implement permit set up

STRONG

accredit approve capacitate commission condition endow fit invest let license prepare qualify ready sanction warrant

WEAK

give power make possible provide the means

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delay hinder refuse reject stop

STRONG

disapprove prevent

WEAK

block disallow halt inhibit oppose

Example Sentences

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From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Spoken Content: Enables your phone to speak words, letters, and emoji descriptions — even as you type them.

From The Verge • Jul. 15, 2022

Per-App Settings: Enables app-specific accessibility settings for any apps you add here.

From The Verge • Jul. 15, 2022

“Linea XI,” Mary Early’s installation at Art Enables, is an empty box drawn in midair with thin bars made of beeswax, fastened into longer strips and suspended vertically.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022

"Enables one to grasp thoroughly how the mistake managed to occur."

From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)