Definition of Capable

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Capable

Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.

Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations.

Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.

Capacious; large; comprehensive.

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Capable Quotations

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Albert Einstein

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.
Napoleon Hill

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem.
Mohandas Gandhi

Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep it going that takes a little physical antipathy as well.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
Henry David Thoreau

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the "naturals," the ones who somehow know how to teach.
Peter Drucker

Capable Translations

capable in Danish is dygtig
capable in Dutch is bekwaam, capabel, kundig
capable in French is capable
capable in Italian is adatto, abile, idoneo, capace
capable in Latin is idoneus
capable in Norwegian is dyktig
capable in Portuguese is capaz
capable in Spanish is capaz
capable in Swedish is duglig, kapabel

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