(abilities)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ to do something is the fact that you can do it.
The public never had faith in his ~ to handle the job...
He has the ~ to bring out the best in others.
= cap~
N-SING: N to-inf, oft with poss
2.
Your ~ is the quality or skill that you have which makes it possible for you to do something.
Her drama teacher spotted her ~...
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 ~, you do it as well as you can.
I take care of them to the best of my abilities...
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