All 10 Uses of
enable
in
The Hunt for Red October
- A lifetime of self-control had enabled him to conceal it, and a lifetime of naval training had enabled him to choose a purpose worthy of it.†
Chpt 3. *
- A lifetime of self-control had enabled him to conceal it, and a lifetime of naval training had enabled him to choose a purpose worthy of it.†
Chpt 3.
- The talent that had enabled him to pick winning stocks Ryan now applied to the CIA.†
Chpt 4.
- The sensors, lying on the bottom of the sea, were periodically updated; many now had their own signal processors to presort the data they forwarded, lightening the load on the central computers and enabling more rapid and accurate classification of targets.†
Chpt 4.
- The Dallas was on Toll Booth station to monitor passing Russian subs, to watch the entrance to the passage the U.S. Navy was now calling Red Route One, and to listen for any external evidence of a new gadget that might enable the Soviets to run the ridge so boldly.†
Chpt 5.
- This information enabled the president to back Khrushchev into a corner from which there was no easy exit.†
Chpt 6.
- So they might know things about her that will enable them to locate her more easily than us.†
Chpt 6.
- This data might just enable us to find her.†
Chpt 8.
- It was a small collection of electronic and optical systems that enabled the Hog to see at night while flying at minimum altitude searching for targets.†
Chpt 11.
- It might give one of them information valuable enough to enable him to return home and keep his head.†
Chpt 16.
Definition:
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(enable) to make possiblein various senses, including:
- to give someone the ability, knowledge, or authority to do something -- as in "The study will enable an informed discussion."
- to activate a computer system for use -- as in "You can enable the feature in the Settings Page."
- to permit someone to repeat bad behavior, so they reinforce the bad pattern -- as in "I don't want to enable her drug addiction."