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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Appeared in the October 30, 2025, print edition as 'How China Enables Russia’s Military'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Subtitles & Captioning: Enables captioning and transcriptions for supported video content and/or HomePod announcements.

From The Verge • Jul. 15, 2022

Physical and Motor Accessibility Options Touch: Enables and adjusts alternative tap- and touch-based controls for the iPhone, including AssistiveTouch; more explanations a little further down.

From The Verge • Jul. 15, 2022

Lane, the artist, said she began to address the pandemic after her Washington gallery, Art Enables, closed last year.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2021

It was written in Latin, and its full title ran: "A New Discovery that Enables the Physician, from the Percussion of the Human Thorax, to Detect the Diseases Hidden within the Chest."

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)