1.[used as amodel verb] be able to do sth to have the ability,power,opportunity,time,etc.to do sth: Will you be able to come to a meeting next week?2.clever;doing your job well: one of the ablest/most able students in the class ♦ an able politician

[C,U] the ability to do sth the mental or physical power or skill that makes it possible to do sth: the ability to make decisions ♦ the stodents of mixed abilities

1.to leave sb/sth that you are responsible for,usually permanently: The bank robbers abandoned the car just outside the city ♦ The child was found abandoned but unharmed.2.(of people or their behaviour)wild;not following accepted standards

1.to leave sb/sth that you are responsible for,usually permanently: The bank robbers abandoned the car just outside the city.2.To stop doing sth without finishing it or without achieving what you wanted to do: The search for the missing sailors was abandoned after to days.