enabling

Definition of enabling in English English dictionary: Definition: Enabling is doing for someone things that they could, and should be doing themselves In relation to alcoholism, enabling creates an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue unacceptable behavior; Doing for someone things they could, and should, be doing for themselves Simply, enabling creates an atmosphere in which the alcoholic/addict can comfortably continue his/her unacceptable behaviors and evade responsibility for their actions [I was just trying to help ]; Things that people who are close to addicts do unconsciously that either encourage, or at least do not interfere with, the addict's drug use; Any behavior or aciton that assists the addict in the continuation of their addiction Enabling is either intentional or unintentional, and is usually done out of love and misguided concern Enabling allows the addict to continue their destructive behavior; (of an Act, or bill) allowing something to be done which would otherwise not be permissible; in health promotion, enabling means taking action in partnership with individuals or groups to empower them, through the mobilization of human and material resources, to promote and protect their health The emphasis in this definition on empowerment through partnership, and on the mobilization of resources draws attention to the important role of health workers and other health activists acting as a catalyst for health promotion action, for example by providing access to information on health, by facilitating skills development, and providing access to information on health, by facilitating skills development, and supporting access to the political processes which shape public policies affecting health World Health Organization Health Promotion Glossary, 1998; {s} giving legal power or capacity; The process of activating a program function; Creating opportunities and means for families to display their present abilities and competencies and to acquire new ones that are necessary to meet the needs of their children and themselves; Any behavior, direct or indirect, regardless of the intention, that allows the alcoholic/addict to continue drinking and using; providing legal power or sanction; "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power; In health promotion, enabling means taking action in partnership with individuals or groups to empower them, through the mobilisation of human and material resources, to promote and protect their health; (p 221) Giving workers the education and tools they need to assume their new decision-making powers; providing legal power or sanction; "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power"; Giving workers the education and tools they need to assume their new decision-making powers; an enabling law is one that makes something possible or gives someone special legal powers
Enabling Act: Law passed by the German Reichstag in 1933 that enabled Adolf Hitler to assume dictatorial powers. Deputies from the Nazi Party, the German National People's Party, and the Center Party voted in favor of the act, which "enabled" Hitler's government to issue decrees independently of the Reichstag and the presidency. It gave Hitler a base from which to carry out the first steps of his National Socialist revolution
enabling act: a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
enabling legislation: legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law
enable: To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong
Who hath enabled me.
enable: To allow a way out or excuse for an action
His parents enabled him to continue buying drugs.
enable: To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow
enable: To enable someone to do something means to give them permission or the right to do it. the republic's legislation which enables young people to do a form of alternative service. + enabling en·abling Some protection for victims must be written into the enabling legislation. to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happen enable sb/sth to do sth
enable: VARCHAR2(3) Is this policy enabled?
enable: {v} to make able, give power, authorize
enable: To enable something to happen means to make it possible for it to happen. The hot sun enables the grapes to reach optimum ripeness The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution
enable: An on/off bit used to disable a multiplexer, encoder, decoder, or other component
enable: VARCHAR2(3) Indicates whether the policy is enabled (YES) or disabled (NO)
enable: If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it. The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early. + enabling en·abling Researchers describe it as an enabling technology
enable: To turn on a bit, byte or specific operation of the computer
enable: To activate or to turn on To put into an operational mode
enable: v To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity to be or do something; to make feasible or possible
enable: (1) To prepare a circuit for operation (2) To allow an item to function
enable: {f} make possible, make capable; allow, give power to
enable: A microcomputer decision that results in an engine management system being activated and permitted to operate
enable: when the sensitive resource is set to True, the widget is enabled, allowing it to be used in the normal way
enable: (v ) To schedule a queue's service procedure
enable: render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
enable: To turn ON; to be active
enable: To make happen, make possible For example, to say RealPlayer has enabled 95 million people to view streaming media means RealPlayer makes viewing streaming media possible for those people