a (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
able to swim she was able to program her computer we were at last able to buy a car able to get a grant for the project
s have the skills and qualifications to do things well
able teachers a capable administrator children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable
s having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
able to learn human beings are able to walk on two feet Superman is able to leap tall buildings
s having a strong healthy body
an able seaman every able-bodied young man served in the army
a not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm
abnormal powers of concentration abnormal amounts of rain abnormal circumstances an abnormal interest in food
a departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development
they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal an abnormal personality
s much greater than the normal
abnormal profits abnormal ambition