Capable

/ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something..

Definitions by Sense

1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
2. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

Example Sentences

She is capable and efficient.

He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.

As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.

That fact is not capable of proof.

They are neither capable of forming to themſelves a Rule, nor of diſcovering a Law-giver, nor of having the Rule enforc’d on them by the Proſpect of future Good or Ill.

The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book. Nevertheless, we continue to experience the problems of this level of reading, no matter how capable we may be as readers.

The place chosen was the cathedral church, capable of about 400 persons.

[...] deſignation only to thoſe things, which have parts, and are capable of increaſe or diminution [...]

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• more capable
• most capable

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