enable
Use Enable in a sentence
bəl verb (used with object), en·a·bled, en·a·bling.
1.
2.
to make possible or easy: Aeronautics enables us to overcome great distances.
3.
to make ready; equip (often used in combination): Web-enabled cell phones.
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Enable
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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enable (ɪnˈeɪbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to provide (someone) with adequate power, means, opportunity, or authority (to do something) |
| 2. | to make possible |
| 3. | to put (a digital electronic circuit element) into an operative condition by supplying a suitable input pulse |
| en'ablement | |
| —n | |
| en'abler | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
New algorithms finally enable machines to tune in to the right speaker, sometimes even better than humans can.
By removing any real human engagement, they enable us to cultivate our narcissism without the risk of disapproval or criticism.
It could also enable novel kinds of photographic manipulation.
In addition, digital distribution and editing tools now enable audiences to modify the content for their own creative endeavors.
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