[ ey-buhld ]
/ ˈeɪ bəld /
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noting or relating to a person unaffected by physical, mental, or cognitive impairment; nondisabled: I don’t think abled folks realize how inaccessible basic infrastructure is.
Rare. noting or relating to a disabled person who uses assistive technology or accommodations that make education, jobs, or other activities accessible to them: Teachers and institutions need to understand that if tools are provided to children with disabilities, they will become abled individuals in society.
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Origin of abled
First recorded in 1945–50; back formation from disabled
Words nearby abled
ablaut, ablaze, able, able-bodied, able-bodied seaman, abled, ableism, ableist, ableist language, able rating, able seaman
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How to use abled in a sentence
You are a model for sportsmen, disabled and abled bodied sportsmen, all over the world?Pistorius Prosecutor: ‘Say I Shot And Killed Her!’|Kelly Berold|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nine times out of 10 they don't mean anything by it, and they're already uncomfortable around the differently abled.Limbaugh's Latest Shameful Outburst|Conor Friedersdorf|February 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I stay' wood Catharine people for a year 'til I wus abled to buil' on my lan'.Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2|Works Projects Administration
British Dictionary definitions for abled
/ (ˈeɪbəld) /
having a range of physical powers as specified (esp in the phrases less abled, differently abled)
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