capable

capable of (doing something)

Able to do something. I don't think I'm capable of going for a walk right now—my back hurts too much. I know I was shocked—I didn't think Caroline was capable of saying such hurtful things.
See also: capable, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

capable of doing something

having the ability to do something. Do you think Tom is capable of lifting 200 pounds? No one I know is capable of such a crime!
See also: capable, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • capable of (doing something)
  • capable of doing
  • think back
  • think to (do something)
  • think to do
  • go against the flow
  • think out of the box
  • quit (some place)
  • quit a place
  • I dread to think
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CAPABLE is already eligible for Medicare and Medicaid coverage in some states, and when scaled nationally, could save Medicare an estimate of $6.8 billion annually.
Across Mindanao, 30 percent of adults said the MILF was capable of governing the BARMM, while 38 percent said they were incapable.
* A growing number of smart card readers are becoming mobile capable by default as manufacturers add NFC mobile communication functionality--often at no additional cost to the end user
In response to this question, 23 percent said that a capable and popular woman can be head of state, 61 percent said cannot be the head of state, while 16 percent did not respond.
He said Moscow would respond by developing "strike systems capable of penetrating any missile defenses."
China's central bank has said that the nation is fully capable of stabilising the yuan.
The West Virginia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act will protect unborn children from 20 weeks fetal age, based on legislative findings that there is compelling evidence that an unborn child by that point (if not earlier) is capable of experiencing excruciating pain during the process of dismemberment or other abortion procedures.
Both of these new PXI switching modules use switch designs based on isolated MOSFET technology to provide solutions capable of switching very high-power AC or DC signals without any lifetime degradation while used within their ratings.
CYCLING: Greg LeMond believes Lance Armstrong was capable of a top-30 finish at best in the Tour de France with a level playing field.
announced the availability of its ultra-wideband Doherty reference design using the BLF884P and BLF884PS--asserted to be the industry's first wideband Doherty power amplifiers capable of broadband operation (470 MHz to 806 MHz).
SIR Bradley Wiggins believes he is capable of a Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double this year.
The Hatf IV Shaheen-1 Weapon System is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900 kilometres.
has obtained a patent for a method for imparting defoaming property to a baking finish type topcoat paint containing an acid anhydride curing agent, a melamine resin curing agent or a glycidyl-containing acrylic resin/acid anhydride curing agent for motor vehicles comprised of the step of adding a copolymer of 2%-50% by weight of a polymerizable monomer capable of forming a copolymer having isocyanate groups which can react with a binder resin in thermosetting paint or a polymerizable monomer capable of forming a copolymer having groups capable of producing isocyanate groups which can react with a binder resin in thermosetting paint during baking step of the same paint, and 98%-50% by weight other monomer or polymer reactable with the polymerizable monomer or to the topcoat paint.
21 -- (BNA) A manufacturer in the United States of America has created hi-tech bras equipped with sensors capable of early detection of onset of cancer and increases chances for remedy without mastectomy.
Heterosexual males and females are just as capable, and quite evidently are, of promiscuous lifestyles.