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What (who) is ability - definition
ability
POWER TO PERFORM AN ACTION
Abilities; Ably; Inability; Inabilities; Intelligent power; Intelligent powers; Incapacities; Incapability; Incapabilities; Aptness; Inaptness; Incompetency; Incompetencies
n.
1) to demonstrate, display, exhibit, show ability
2) to appreciate, recognize ability
3) creative; exceptional. great, outstanding, remarkable; innate, natural; latent ability
4) an ounce of ability (he doesn't have an ounce of ability)
5) ability at, in
6) the ability to + int. (the ability to reason)
7) of ability (a person of great ability; to the best of one's ability)
ability
POWER TO PERFORM AN ACTION
Abilities; Ably; Inability; Inabilities; Intelligent power; Intelligent powers; Incapacities; Incapability; Incapabilities; Aptness; Inaptness; Incompetency; Incompetencies
(abilities)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Your ability to do something is the fact that you can do it.
The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job...
He has the ability to bring out the best in others.
= capability
N-SING: N to-inf, oft with poss
2.
Your ability is the quality or skill that you have which makes it possible for you to do something.
Her drama teacher spotted her ability...
They repeatedly questioned his leadership abilities...
Does the school cater for all abilities?
N-VAR: oft with poss
3.
If you do something to the best of your abilities or to the best of your ability, you do it as well as you can.
I take care of them to the best of my abilities...
PHRASE
ability
POWER TO PERFORM AN ACTION
Abilities; Ably; Inability; Inabilities; Intelligent power; Intelligent powers; Incapacities; Incapability; Incapabilities; Aptness; Inaptness; Incompetency; Incompetencies
n.
1.
Power (to execute anything), ableness, force, potency, might, vigor, efficiency, efficacy, strength, energy, skill, skilfulness, dexterity, address, adroitness, cleverness, ingenuity, talent, aptitude, aptness, knack, expertness, facility, quickness, readiness.
2.
Qualification, competency, sufficiency.
3.
Capability, capableness, faculty, gift, parts, genius, endowment, calibre, forte, turn. See capacity.
Wikipedia
Ability
Abilities are powers an agent has to perform various actions. They include common abilities, like walking, and rare abilities, like performing a double backflip.
Examples of use of ability
1. That has limited its ability to make loans, constricting GM‘s ability to sell cars.
2. The condition of ability is paramount, and the ability mentioned here is both financial and physical.
3. "If we lose our ability to fail, we will soon lose our ability to succeed.
4. "The ability to ask for alms is a God–given ability.
5. "My ability to get anything done around here is based around my ability to make this into a national issue.