capable

«capable» in Mova's school dictionary: able to do something: capable of swimming a length — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (capable, more capable, most capable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Capable means able to do something: capable of swimming a length. tree →

2) Capable means good at things, skilled and sensible. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school reports «a capable pupil» means a pupil who does things well. «Capable of» shows what someone or something can do: a car capable of 100 miles an hour. In everyday life: «I'm capable of tying my own shoes!» Opposite: incapable, unable.

examples

• She is capable of running five kilometres. tree →
• He is a very capable leader. tree →
• You are capable of much better work. tree →
• The jug is capable of holding two litres. tree →
• Is a cheetah capable of catching a car? tree →
• Leave it to Jess, she's very capable. tree →
• The machine is capable of making 100 cups an hour. tree →
• If he were not capable of finding her then he must die. tree →

note

Followed by «of» + noun or -ing: «capable of doing», not «capable to do». Noun: capability. Opposite: incapable. In maths «capable of holding 2 litres» gives a capacity or maximum.

In the corpora

• "Capable of more" means the pupil is underachieving: doing less well than he or she could.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «capable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.