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Word entry · 3 letters

can

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"Able to"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acnStarts with CEnds with N11 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Be able to; also a metal container

Word origin

From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.

Used in a sentence

  • “She can speak English, French, and German.”
  • “I can play football.”
  • “prouyng which eny clerk can or woel or mai make bi eny maner euydence of resoun or of Scripture, and namelich of resoun into the contrarie.”

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Used as a crossword answer11 curated clues

01“Able to”3 letters
02“Able to, informally”3 letters
03“Metal container for soup”3 letters
04“Metal food container”3 letters
05“Preserve in metal”3 letters
06“Soda container”3 letters
07“Soup container”3 letters
08“Soup holder”3 letters
09“Soup or soda container”3 letters
10“Tin container”3 letters
11“Tin for beans”3 letters

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