CAPABLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of capable in English

(Definition of capable from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of capable from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of capable

capable
They have encouraged and not helped the incapables; they have discouraged and not helped the capables.
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They are capable of rapid inversion in the excysted metacercaria so extraneous tissue can be quickly drawn into them to secure attachment to host mucosa.
Agents resemble positioners in that they are capable of volition and control.
The extent to which a person feels capable of managing the external world.
Chameleon-like, it seemed capable of changing from educational association to political organization and back before anyone could react.
The ego, when it is identified with the persona, is capable only of external orientation.
The social model has however proved itself capable of revision and adaptation.
What is important is that the centre should not, in the name of decentralization, abrogate responsibility which only the centre is capable of fulfilling.
Critics have often questioned whether localist representations are capable of generalisation, so its occurrence in a localist network deserves scrutiny.
Under what circumstances are children capable of word learning?
If dolphins are capable of collaborative learning, based on experimental evidence of social cognition, cultural learning may prove not to be a uniquely human phenomenon.
In early development children are capable of interacting with the environment, but it is implausible to assume that they possess an emulator of the environment.
We see, therefore, that chimpanzees are capable of crying for extended periods of time, day after day.
Additionally, this knowledge must be contained within problem-solving units capable of interacting with other problem solvers within the strategic architecture.
Their members, living and working both in the rural and urban areas, are capable of paralysing the entire educational system.
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Translations of capable

in Chinese (Traditional)
有能力的, 熟練的, 能幹的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
有能力的, 熟练的, 能干的…
in Spanish
competente, capaz de, capaz…
in Portuguese
capaz, capaz [masculine-feminine], competente [masculine-feminine]…
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कर्तृत्ववान…
有能な, できる, 有能(ゆうのう)な…
yeterli, güçlü, muktedir…
capable, susceptible, compétent/-ente…
capaç…
bekwaam, in staat…
திறம்பட மற்றும் திறமையாக விஷயங்களை செய்ய முடியும், மற்றும் முடிவுகளை அடைய…
सक्षम, समर्थ, योग्य…
સક્ષમ, કાર્યક્ષમ…
kvalificeret, i stand til…
duglig, skicklig, kapabel…
berkebolehan, mampu…
tüchtig, imstande sein…
i stand til, kapabel, dyktig…
لائق, باصلاحیت, اہل…
здібний, здатний…
способный…
సామర్థ్యం గల / దక్షతతో, నైపుణ్యంతో పనులు చేయగలగడం, ఫలితాలు సాధించడం…
قادِر عَلى…
সক্ষম, সুযোগ্য…
schopný, schopný (čeho)…
cakap, bisa…
ที่ทำได้ดี, ที่สามารถทำได้…
có năng lực, có khả năng…
zdolny, uzdolniony…
유능한…
capace, capace di…
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