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   -able

   /əb(ə)l/

   suffix

   • 1. (forming adjectives) able to be: "calculable"
   • 2. (forming adjectives) to be: "payable"
   • 3. (forming adjectives) subject to: "taxable"
   • 4. (forming adjectives) relevant to or in accordance with: "fashionable"
   • 5. (forming adjectives) having the quality to: "suitable"

   Word Origin from French -able or Latin -abilis; originally found in words only from these forms but later used to form adjectives directly from English verbs ending in -ate, e.g. educable from educate; subsequently used to form adjectives from verbs of all types (influenced by the unrelated word able), e.g. bearable, saleable.

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   How do you use 'can' and 'be able to' in a sentence?

   • I can dance. I can play. I can run. We do not usually use can to talk about future ability. Instead we use a structure with be able. I will be able to do it. (NOT I can be able to do it.) She should be able to come. (NOT She should can come.) We can use could to talk about general ability that existed in the past. Be able to can also be used.

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   Is be able to possible in all tenses?

   • Be able to is possible in all tenses - but "can" is possible only in the present and "could" is possible only in the past for ability. In addition, "can" and "could" have no infinitive form. So we use be able to when we want to use other tenses or the infinitive.

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   The meaning of ABLE is having sufficient power, skill, or resources to do something. How to use able in a sentence.

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   adjective. 1. (postpositive) having the necessary power, resources, skill, time, opportunity, etc, to do something. able to swim. 2. capable; competent; talented. an able teacher. 3. law. qualified, competent, or authorized to do some specific act.

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   ABLE definition: 1. to have the ability to do something or the possibility of doing something: 2. clever or good at…. Learn more.

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   1. (postpositive) having the necessary power, resources, skill, time, opportunity, etc, to do something: able to swim. 2. capable; competent; talented: an able teacher. 3. (Law) law qualified, competent, or authorized to do some specific act.

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   a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,” associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin ( laudable ); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition to stems of any origin ( teachable; photographable ).

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   able meaning, definition, what is able: clever or good at doing something: Learn more.