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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Getty says the agreement enables the use of Getty Images’ content for display within ChatGPT, enhancing visual responses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The San Francisco company, founded in 2022, enables engineers to instruct software in English to run coding tasks autonomously.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Now a new technique, pioneered at Addenbrooke's Hospital, enables the sample to be preserved in a stabilising solution and transported at room temperature instead.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

The analyst is betting on Quantum Computing’s Qatalyst software, which enables programmers to solve computational problems without knowing low-level quantum coding.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

An abacus is a physical tool for carrying out complicated calculations; it enables you to add and subtract, multiply and divide.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton