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{
"term": "able",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having the skill, intelligence, opportunity, etc. needed to do something",
"sensetop": "able to do something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You must be able to speak French for this job."
},
{
"text": "A viral illness left her **barely able** to walk."
},
{
"text": "We're still **able to get** visas to come and go from Thailand."
},
{
"text": "I didn't feel able to disagree with him."
},
{
"text": "Will you be able to come?"
},
{
"text": "Are you really **willing and able** to do what is necessary?"
},
{
"text": "They don't even seem **able to see** what's good about their ideas."
},
{
"text": "These families are less able to afford a balanced, healthy diet."
},
{
"text": "Local farmers were able to make a decent living selling their produce."
},
{
"text": "Humans are uniquely able to use true language."
},
{
"text": "I was just able to make out a dark figure in the distance."
},
{
"text": "Once you've had some sleep you'll feel better able to cope."
},
{
"text": "She is not physically able to take care of herself."
},
{
"text": "Unfortunately they weren't able to come."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "prove"],
"adverb": ["fully", "perfectly", "quite"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "intelligent; good at something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's the ablest student in the class."
},
{
"text": "He was a very able man in business matters."
},
{
"text": "less able students"
},
{
"text": "She seems very able."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeɪbl/",
"audio": "ab/able/able__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeɪblə(r)/",
"audio": "ab/able/abler__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeɪblɪst/",
"audio": "ab/able/ablest__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeɪbl/",
"audio": "ab/able/able__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeɪblər/",
"audio": "ab/able/abler__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeɪblɪst/",
"audio": "ab/able/ablest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the sense ‘easy to use, suitable’): from Old French hable, from Latin habilis ‘handy’, from habere ‘to hold’."
}