Third-person singular simple present indicative form of able

A surname.

(uncountable, now rare) Ability of body or mind. / (countable, rare) Something one is able to do.

(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.

(grammar) The ablative case. / An ablative material.

Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. / Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.

(transitive, obsolete) To make ready. / (transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable. / (transitive, obsolete) To dress. / (transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.

(military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.

Able to be done; fit to be done. / Relevant to or suitable to, in accordance with. / Giving, or inclined to. / Subject to. / Due to be.

present participle of able