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enablement

noun·Academicformalbusiness

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UK/ɪˈneɪblmənt/
US/ɪˈneɪblmənt/

Meanings

  1. noununcountableformalbusiness

    The act of giving people the tools, training, or permission they need to do something.

    Grammar: Uncountable and often a modifier or noun: team enablement, enablement of staff.

    Patterns

    • enablement of someone
    • enablement for someone

    The program focuses on the enablement of new managers.

    Training and clear processes are key to staff enablement.

    Our goal is the enablement of small shops to sell online.

  2. noununcountablecomputing

    The process of making a system, feature, or service available and ready to use.

    Grammar: Often used in technology: the enablement of a feature.

    Patterns

    • enablement of something

    The enablement of two-step login took only a day.

    Digital enablement lets rural clinics share patient records.

    The enablement of the new payment feature is planned for May.

Common combinations

sales enablement
The firm hired a head of sales enablement.
digital enablement
Digital enablement helped the small shops reach customers.
employee enablement
Employee enablement includes training and good tools.
technology enablement
Technology enablement reduced paperwork across the hospital.
enablement program
The enablement program ran for six weeks.

Synonyms and how they differ

empowerment
Empowerment stresses giving someone confidence and authority, while enablement stresses supplying the practical means.
facilitation
Facilitation means making a process easier, while enablement means making something possible in the first place.
activation
Activation means switching something on, which is narrower than enablement.
support
Support is a general word for help, and enablement is a more formal term for equipping people.

Opposites

preventionobstruction

Word family

enable verb
to make someone able to do something
enabler noun
a person or thing that makes something possible
enabling adjective
giving someone the means to do something
able adjective
having the power or skill to do something

Commonly confused: enablement or entitlement?

enablement vs entitlement

Entitlement is the right to receive something, while enablement is providing the means to act.

Practice

The company runs a program for sales ____, giving new staff the training and tools they need.

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