ENABLED Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

enabled

verb

past tense of enable

as in allowed

to make able or possible my new glasses enable me to read the fine print

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as in empowered

to give official or legal power to a law that would enable the authorities to inspect food preparation areas for health code violations

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Recent Examples of enabled But the Houthis hold significant territory along Yemen's Red Sea coast, which has enabled them to threaten vessels there and in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern gateway to the Red Sea and another key chokepoint for global energy supplies. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Besides profound conversation, HomeView, when paired with a compatible Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone or iPad, can use personal context from apps such as Messages and Calendar to garner more relevant responses. — Muskanbhatia, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 Amazon has been selling Alexa-enabled smart glasses with microphones and speakers since 2019, and a wave of startups have also launched audio glasses without cameras. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 Over the last two years, AI has enabled the creation of mega botnets with access to hundreds of thousands and even millions of machines. — Carlos Morales, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 How to turn on Shared Albums on iPhone First, make sure Shared Albums are enabled on your iPhone. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 But since 2018, when public Wi-Fi hotspots were made more accessible on the island, social media has enabled many Cuban artists to share reparto with the masses. — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026 Utopai has amassed an extensive slate of projects, both completely AI-generated and AI-enabled, for a fledgling studio. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 The company is working on a Siri AI-enabled smart home hub that comes with a six-inch display that users can mount to their wall or place on a table, Bloomberg has reported. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

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Open Doors officials requested accommodation for a 40-person group-living facility at the site, where such facilities are normally not allowed under city rules.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
The Gators figured out something on defense Florida arrived in Austin ranked last among 16 SEC teams in yards allowed, 15th in points allowed and third-down conversion rate, and 13th in plays of 20 yards or more yielded.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

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There’s even a looming question of what will happen to AI agents that people have empowered to act on their behalf, as their humans start to die.

— Lissa Soep, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026
Speaking The Developer Dialect In any marketing interaction, the goal is to make the prospect feel seen, understood and empowered.

— Kevin Cochrane, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of empowered

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However, his family has not been permitted a new in-person visit to independently assess his condition.

— Mitch Picasso, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
In my view, the root cause is corporate power—the way modern corporations are owned, governed, and permitted to organize markets and politics to their own advantage—and how relentlessly that power has concentrated over the past 50 years.

— Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of permitted

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Iamaleava is expected to miss the rest of this season with a knee injury, according to a person with knowledge of the injury not authorized to discuss it publicly.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Details surface about airport fatalities The attack struck an airport complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights, a regional official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to the media.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2026

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