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  • 71capable — This word means having adequate capacity to do, make, or receive an action : Larry is a capable player. This problem is capable of solution. A common error arises from using able for capable in one of these senses: This law is capable (not able)… …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 72capable — ca•pa•ble [[t]ˈkeɪ pə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) having power and ability; efficient; competent: a capable instructor[/ex] 2) idi capable of a) having the ability for: capable of writing music[/ex] b) susceptible of: a situation capable of improvement[/ex] …

    From formal English to slang

  • 73capable — /ˈkeɪpəbəl / (say kaypuhbuhl) adjective 1. having much intelligence or ability; competent; efficient; able: a capable instructor. –phrase 2. capable of, a. having the ability, strength, etc., to; qualified or fitted for: *But neither did I… …

  • 74capable — adj. capable of (he is capable of anything) * * * [ keɪpəb(ə)l] capable of (he is capable of anything) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 75capable — adjective 1 capable of (doing) sth having the skills, power, intelligence etc needed to do something: I don t think Banks is capable of murder. | The company isn t capable of handling an order that large. 2 skilled or very good at doing something …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 76capable*/*/ — [ˈkeɪpəb(ə)l] adj 1) capable of (doing) sth able to do something Ant: incapable The port is capable of handling 10 million tonnes of coal a year.[/ex] I don t think I ve achieved everything I m capable of.[/ex] 2) very good at doing a job The… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 77Capable group — In mathematics, in the realm of group theory, a group is said to be capable if it occurs as the inner automorphism group of some group. These groups were first studied by Reinhold Baer, who answered the question: which abelian groups are capable? …

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  • 78Capable of Honor — Infobox Book name = Capable of Honor image caption = 1960s Dell paperback author = Allen Drury country = United States language = English cover artist = series = genre = Political novel publisher = Doubleday release date = 1966 media type = Print …

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  • 79capable — [16] In common with a wide range of other English words, from capture to recuperate, capable comes from Latin capere ‘take’, a relative of English heave. An adjective derived from the verb was Latin capāx ‘able to hold much’, from which English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 80Capable of being fueled —   A vehicle is capable of being fueled by a particular fuel(s) if that vehicle has the engine components in place to make operation possible on the fuel(s). The vehicle does not necessarily have to run on the fuel(s) in order for that vehicle to… …

    Energy terms