CAPABLE


Meaning of CAPABLE in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If a person or thing is ~ of doing something, they have the ability to do it.

He appeared hardly ~ of conducting a coherent conversation...

The kitchen is ~ of catering for several hundred people...

? in~

ADJ: v-link ADJ of -ing/n

2.

Someone who is ~ has the skill or qualities necessary to do a particular thing well, or is able to do most things well.

She’s a very ~ speaker...

Her husband was such a fine, ~ man.

= competent, able

ADJ

capably

Happily it was all dealt with very capably by the police and security people.

= competently, ably

ADV: ADV with v

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