capable
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
Example
“She is capable and efficient.”
Other meanings
Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.
Antonyms
- incapable
Related words
- capableness
- capably
- dual-capable aircraft
- handicapable
- noncapable
- overcapable
- supercapable
- ultracapable
- uncapable
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "capābilis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “capable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.