{
    "term": "able",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having the skill, intelligence, opportunity, etc. needed to do something",
            "sensetop": "able to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You must be able to speak French for this job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A viral illness left her **barely able** to walk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're still **able to get** visas to come and go from Thailand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't feel able to disagree with him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will you be able to come?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you really **willing and able** to do what is necessary?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They don't even seem **able to see** what's good about their ideas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These families are less able to afford a balanced, healthy diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local farmers were able to make a decent living selling their produce."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Humans are uniquely able to use true language."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was just able to make out a dark figure in the distance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Once you've had some sleep you'll feel better able to cope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is not physically able to take care of herself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unfortunately they weren't able to come."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "prove"],
                "adverb": ["fully", "perfectly", "quite"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "intelligent; good at something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's the ablest student in the class."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a very able man in business matters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "less able students"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems very able."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪbl/",
                "audio": "ab/able/able__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪblə(r)/",
                "audio": "ab/able/abler__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪblɪst/",
                "audio": "ab/able/ablest__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪbl/",
                "audio": "ab/able/able__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪblər/",
                "audio": "ab/able/abler__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeɪblɪst/",
                "audio": "ab/able/ablest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the sense ‘easy to use, suitable’): from Old French hable, from Latin habilis ‘handy’, from habere ‘to hold’."
}