capable
IPA: kˈeɪpʌbʌɫ
adjective
- Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
- (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.
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Examples of "capable" in Sentences
- That confident delivery makes you feel like you're in capable hands.
- Oh yes, basic street maintenance is in capable hands, folks -- would Sam mislead you?
- "Compact and capable" is how I would describe Twirhl, even if its interface leaves something to be desired.
- It is clear then that since "Lover of so and so" is a term capable of several meanings, we do not always denote the same quality by the term
- At most, a few existing services may run a bit faster (the federal government, you will recall, defines High Speed Rail to include any train capable of a maximum speed of 90 mph or more).
- Last month the high court approved a scheme which it described as capable of turning around the fortunes of three companies within the group - John J Fleming Construction, JJ Fleming Holdings and Tivway.
- _Africaine_, reformed, refined, beautified in her descendants, transformed into the creole negress, commenced to exert a fascination irresistible, capable of winning anything (_capable de tout obtenir_). "
- But a nature capable of so much distress, must of necessity be _capable_ of a corresponding amount of pleasure; and in her case this was manifest in the fact that sleep and the quiet of her own room restored her wonderfully.
- That they'd be able to get the overpriced box off the shelf and replace it with one that's cheaper and equally capable is a miracle I'm not expecting, though -- my guess is that it's a simpler SKU that will sell alongside, not replace, the proper PS3.
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