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# disable

verb (disable, disables, disabled, disabling)

«disable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To turn off a feature or machine so it does not work, for example in an app or a phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#m1)
2. To stop something or someone from working properly, often by damaging it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#m2)
3. To cause someone to have a disability, through injury or illness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#m3)

### In the lessons

In computing lessons you disable a setting, sound or notifications; in safety, an alarm or a car can be disabled; in health topics an accident can disable a person; the adjective «disabled» names people with disabilities; phrases: «disable notifications», «disable the alarm», «disabled access».

### Examples

- Ask an adult to disable in-app purchases on the tablet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#x1)
- The engineer disabled the alarm while he fixed it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#x2)
- You can disable the sound in the game settings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#x3)
- The storm disabled the power lines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#x4)
- A bad fall disabled him for many months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#x5)
- The thief tried to disable the camera. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#x6)
- Please do not disable the safety lock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: disabled, disabling. Opposite: enable. Polite words: «disabled people» or «people with disabilities»; avoid old rude words like «cripple». A disabled toilet or parking space is for disabled people, not anyone.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disable.html) on Mova free.