CAPABLE


Meaning of CAPABLE in English

■ adjective

1》 ( ~ of doing something ) having the ability or quality necessary to do something.

↘open to or admitting of something.

2》 (of a person) competent.

Derivatives

capably adverb

Origin

C16: from Fr., from late L. capabilis , from L. capere 'take or hold'.

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