enable

enable
transitive verb

enable somebody to do something — es jemandem ermöglichen, etwas zu tun

enable something [to be done] — etwas ermöglichen

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[i'neibl]
verb
(to make able by giving means, power or authority (to do something): The money I inherited enabled me to go on a world cruise.) ermöglichen
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en·able
[ɪˈneɪbl̩]
vt
1. (give the ability)
sth \enables sb to do sth etw ermöglicht jdm, etw zu tun
2. COMPUT
to \enable sth etw aktivieren
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[I'neɪbl]
1. vt
1)

(= make able) to enable sb to do sth — es jdm ermöglichen or möglich machen, etw zu tun, jdn in den Stand setzen, etw zu tun (geh)

what enables the seal to stay under water so long? — wodurch ist der Seehund fähig, so lange unter Wasser zu bleiben?

2) (JUR: authorize) measures, reforms anordnen

to enable sb to do sth — jdn (dazu) ermächtigen, etw zu tun

2.
(COMPUT) aktivieren
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enable [ıˈneıbl] v/t
1. jemanden berechtigen, ermächtigen:
enable sb to do sth jemanden dazu ermächtigen, etwas zu tun;
enabling act POL Ermächtigungsgesetz n
2. jemanden befähigen, jemanden in den Stand setzen, jemanden in die Lage versetzen, es jemandem möglich machen oder ermöglichen:
this enabled me to come dies machte es mir möglich zu kommen
3. etwas möglich machen, ermöglichen:
enable sth to be done es ermöglichen, dass etwas geschieht;
this enables the housing to be detached dadurch kann das Gehäuse abgenommen werden
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transitive verb

enable somebody to do something — es jemandem ermöglichen, etwas zu tun

enable something [to be done] — etwas ermöglichen

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n.
Freigabe -en f. v.
aktivieren v.
einschalten v.
freigeben v.

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