- having the ability or qualities necessary for doing something
- capable of something You are capable of better work than this.
- capable of doing something He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble.
- I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself, thank you.
- She is more than capable of playing at an international level.
- He is still capable of doing the job.
Extra Examples- She could hardly believe him capable of such kindness.
- He was barely capable of writing his own name.
- He was not physically capable of climbing out of the window.
- She is more than capable of passing the exam.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
- …
- fully
- more than
- perfectly
- …
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- having the ability to do things well synonym skilled, competent
- She's a very capable teacher.
- I'll leave the organization in your capable hands.
- a highly capable individual
- Employees who prove themselves to be capable will usually get promoted quite rapidly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
opposite incapable
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘able to take in’, physically or mentally): from French, from late Latin capabilis, from Latin capere ‘take or hold’.
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