1 ~ of sth / of doing sth having the ability or qualities necessary for doing sth:
He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble. * I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself, thank you. * You are capable of better work than this.
2 having the ability to do things well
SYNSKILLED, COMPETENT:
She's a very capable teacher. * I'll leave the organization in your capable hands.
OPPINCAPABLE
capably adverb:
He managed the conference very capably.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for capable is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is capable a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, capable is tagged as adjective.
Does capable appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — capable appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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