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be able to

be able to verb: can, to have the ability to.

Verb

be able to (third-person singular simple present is able to, present participle being able to, simple past was able to, past participle been able to)

  1. Can, to have the ability to.
    Synonyms:
    can, begin
    Antonyms:
    be unable to, cannot, can't

be able to meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

be able to in Hindi

have ability to
सकना saknā

be able to in Tamil

வா

be able to in Marathi

to be able to
शकणे śakṇe

be able to in Urdu

have ability to
سکنا saknā
More languagesFewer languages
be able to in Punjabi
سکنا sakăṇā, ਸਕਣਾ sakăṇā
be able to in Gujarati
શકવું śakvũ
be able to in Sanskrit
सहते sáhate, प्रभू prabhū
be able to in Arabic
اِسْتَطَاعَ istaṭāʕa, قَدَرَ qadara
be able to in Malay
boleh
be able to in Persian
توانستن tavânestan
be able to in Thai
ได้ dâai, สามารถ sǎa-mâat, เป็น bpen
be able to in Vietnamese
có thể, nổi
be able to in Myanmar
နိုင် nuing, တတ် tat

Synonyms of be able to

Antonyms

Forms of be able to

third-person singular presentis able to
present participlebeing able to
pastwas able to
past participlebeen able to

Words formed from be able to

Questions about be able to

What does be able to mean?
Be able to means can, to have the ability to.
What is be able to in Hindi?
Be able to in Hindi is सकना (saknā). See Be able to meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is be able to?
Be able to is a verb.
What is the past tense of be able to?
The past tense of be able to is was able to.

Words near be able to in the dictionary

  1. be a devil
  2. be a hundred years too early
  3. be a man
  4. be a one
  5. be a poet and not know it
  6. be able to
  7. be able to count on one's fingers
  8. be about
  9. be aces with
  10. be ages with
  11. be all about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: be able to (page history and authors); be able to (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शकणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); سکنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); શકવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); प्रभू (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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