Word Finder - can

definition

(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.

example

She can speak English, French, and German.   I can play football.   Can you remember your fifth birthday?

synonyms

• be able to

definition

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

example

You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.   Can I use your pen?

synonyms

• may

definition

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.

example

Animals can experience emotions.

definition

(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.

example

Can you hear that?.

definition

To know.

synonyms

• cognize
• grok
• ken

I can take care of myself.

I can do it.

Can you watch the house for me while I'm gone?

Yes, can you believe the luck?

You can spend it with a free conscience.

I can handle it... now.

But you can learn many things from books.

You can know everything in the world and still make bad decisions.

How can I explain?...

Can that be prevented?

Can the system learn to predict crime targets?

So, if you can find a way to fix it, we'll be much obliged to you.

Dear friend, I can do nothing.

Thanks, I know we can count on you, Katie, but I think she'll be more comfortable staying at our house.

Could we make a car that can go 300 mph?

I can help you.

A friend of hers who is a florist asks if she can advertise on the site.

Can you point it out to me?

Yes, you can well enjoy the evening now!

That device can track where you are at any time.

You can see it?

That is the least we can do!

I'd show the people a fine sight, I can tell you.

But the fishes that swim in our brooks we can see, and often we catch them to eat.

Usually I jot down what I can remember of them when I get home.

I can just imagine.

We simply don't understand how it can be so.

Can you imagine a world without poverty?

Can I help you up?

You want me to think of all this as ours, but how can I when you insist that the problems are all yours?

I can get it.

I can see it in his eyes.

The object of a race is to see who can win it--or at least that is what my excellent brains think.

Give us a few days to learn what sort of laws you will make for us, and then we will say whether we can submit to them or not.

We can be neighbors.

Mom is fixing supper and I'm sure she has something you can wear in the morning.

What can you do with that?

I can neither punish him if he does wrong nor reward him if he does right.

Instead of science proceeding at the slow speed of time, the only limit on its progress will be processor speed—and those two speeds hardly can be compared.

Anyone can do this?

Machines can actually do a very limited palette of things.

You can see where this is headed.

If there is not a new man, how can the new clothes be made to fit?

We are talking about a setting to your Digital Echo file that says, "Information that isn't tied to me personally can be contributed to pools of rolled-up data."

Speak to him; I can do nothing, nothing, and don't want to....

And then everyone can benefit, equally and perpetually, from everyone else's knowledge.

How can we not be excited about the possibilities this offers?

One can see them with the naked eye...

Can I talk to Jonathan?

Look, can I explain?