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Ermöglichen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
  • enable verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.
  • enablement noun In business, the practice of giving a team the training, content, tools and information they need to do their job well, most often used of sales teams.

Senses

Ermöglichen is used for these senses in English:

  • allow (transitive) To render physically possible.
  • enable To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
  • enablement The act of enabling.

allow — full definition

  1. verb To give permission for something to happen.
  2. verb To make something possible.
  3. verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
  4. verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.

enable — full definition

  1. verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.
  2. verb To activate a function, especially on a device or system.

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