ABILITY

Meaning of ABILITY in English

■ noun ( plural abilities )

1》 possession of the means or skill to do something.

2》 skill or talent.

Origin

ME: from OFr. ablete , from L. habilitas , from habilis 'able'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

ABILITY — /euh bil"i tee/ , n. , pl. abilities . 1. power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ABILITY — / əˈbɪləti; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ sing. ] ability to do sth the fact that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABILITY — a ‧ bil ‧ i ‧ ty S2 W1 /əˈbɪləti, əˈbɪlɪti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural abilities ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ABILITY — ( abilities) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your ability to do …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABILITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES exceptional talent/ability/skill ▪ He showed exceptional talent even as a youngster. intellectual development/ability/activity etc ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ABILITY — (POWER) [noun] - the physical or mental power or skill needed to do somethingSomeone of her ability is bound to …
Cambridge English vocab
ABILITY — noun 1 skill/power to do sth ADJECTIVE ▪ exceptional , extraordinary , great , outstanding , remarkable , uncanny ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ABILITY — noun 1 BAD : These machines are destroying our ability of thinking. GOOD : These machines are destroying our ability …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ABILITY — сущ. 1) способность, возможность делать что-л. (at, in; to+inf.) ability to hear ≈ способность слышать ability to pay climbing ability …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ABILITY — ability.ogg əʹbılıtı n 1. способность, возможность ( сделать что-л. ) ability to walk to weep, to understand - способность ходить …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
ABILITY — n 1. способность, возможность ( сделать что-л. ) ability to walk to weep, to understand - способность ходить плакать, понимать …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ABILITY — сущ. 1) способность, возможность делать что-л. ability to hear — способность слышать inborn / native / innate ability — врожденная, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ABILITY — сущ. 1) способность, возможность делать что-л. ability to hear — способность слышать inborn / native / innate ability — врожденная, природная способность - ability …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ABILITY — способность - absorbing ability - adhesion ability - adhesive ability - complementary abilities - compound-angle cutting ability - curve fitting …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
ABILITY — способность - absorbing ability - adhesion ability - adhesive ability - complementary abilities - compound-angle cutting ability - curve fitting ability - cutting ability - emissive ability - fax …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
ABILITY — способность, умение ability to conceive — способность к зачатию - colony-forming ability - combining ability - competitive ability - complement-fixing ability - germinating ability - regenerative ability
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
ABILITY — способность, умение ability to conceive — способность к зачатию - colony-forming ability - combining ability - competitive ability - complement-fixing …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ABILITY — _n. 1> способность, возможность сделать что-л.; ability to walk - способность ходить; a child's ability to learn - обучаемость ребенка; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ABILITY — n. 1. способность, возможность сделать что-л.; ability to walk - способность ходить; a child's ability to learn - обучаемость ребенка; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ABILITY — 1) умение, способность, см. тж. capability,capacity, power 2) характеристика, характеристики 3) мн. ч. способности, дарование • ability to dismantle — способность (агрегата) к разборке ability …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
ABILITY — способность - absorbing ability - adhesive ability - antifrictional material running-in ability - cutting ability - demulsifying ability - diagnostic ability - dispersion ability - filter cleaning ability - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
ABILITY — сущ. 1) способность, умение, платежеспособность 2) возможности 3) производительность, способность • - ability to adapt - ability to affect - ability to finance - ability to optimize - ability …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
ABILITY — 1) способность 2) pl способности, дарование - ability to finance - ability to pay - ability to repay - ability …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
ABILITY — способность - ability to resist weathering - ability of structure to perform satisfactory - lifting ability - load-bearing ability - …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
ABILITY — 1) правоспособность; дееспособность 2) платёжеспособность • ability to act — дееспособность; ability to pay debts — платёжеспособность; ability to perform — дееспособность; ability to stand trial …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
ABILITY — способность - absorptive ability - braking ability - climbing ability - cold-starting ability - cooling ability - cornering ability - course-keeping ability - cross-country ability - filter cleaning ability - …
Англо-Русский автомобильный словарь - Руссо
ABILITY — 1) способность; умение 2) компетенция 3) платежеспособность • - competitive ability - creative ability - interpretative ability - inventive ability - perceptional ability - recreative ability
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
ABILITY — сущ. 1) общ., псих. способность, умение (наличие способности к какой-л. деятельности) ability to see — способность видеть ability to work — работоспособность ability to …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
ABILITY — сущ. 1) способность, возможность делать что-л. (at, in; to+inf.) ability to hear ≈ способность слышать ability to pay climbing ability …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ABILITY — capabilitá, habilitá, facultate
English interlingue dictionary
ABILITY — kaarang abilidad;kabatid;kaigmat;katakus;takos;takus
English-Visayan vocabulary
ABILITY — noun (plural -ties) see: able Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being able , competence in doing …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-ABILITY — also -ibility noun suffix Etymology: Middle English -abilite, -ibilite, from Anglo-French -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, from -abilis, -ibilis …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
-ABILITY — noun suffix also -ibility “ ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English -ablete, -abilite, -iblete, -ibilite, from Middle French -ableté, -abilité, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABILITY — əˈbiləd.ē, -ətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English abilite suitability, aptitude, ability, from Middle French habilité, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABILITY — (n.) The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill …
Английский словарь Webster
ABILITY — ( n. ) The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
-ABILITY — a combination of -able and -ity , found on nouns corresponding to adjectives in -able: capability. [ ME -abilite -abilitas …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ABILITY — n. power, capacity, capability; skill, talent, aptitude, mental skill or physical power of a person to do something
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
-ABILITY — also -ibility Etymology: Middle English -abilite, -ibilite, from Anglo-French -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, from -abilis, -ibilis -able + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ABILITY — noun ( plural -ties ) Etymology: Middle English abilite, from Anglo-French, from Latin habilitat-, habilitas, from habilis apt, skillful — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ABILITY — noun the quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill …
Webster English vocab
ABILITY — n. Variant: also -ibility Function: noun suffix Etymology: Middle English -abilite, -ibilite, from Anglo-French -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ABILITY — n. Pronunciation: ə - ' bi-l ə -t ē Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -ties Etymology: Middle English abilite, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
-ABILITY — ■ suffix forming nouns of quality corresponding to adjectives ending in -able (such as suitability corresponding to suitable ). Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ABILITY — [abil.i.ty] n, pl -ties [ME abilite, fr. MF habilite, fr. L habilitat-, habilitas, fr. habilis apt, skillful--more at able] (14c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-ABILITY — [-ability] also -ibility n suffix [ME -abilite, -ibilite, fr. MF -abilite, -ibilite, fr. L -abilitas, -ibilitas, fr. -abilis, -ibilis -able …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-ABILITY — -ability BrE AmE ə ˈbɪl ət i -ɪt- AmE \ -ət̬ i —A word with this suffix has a secondary …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ABILITY — abilit|y BrE AmE ə ˈbɪl ət |i -ɪt- AmE \ -ət̬ |i ▷ abilit|ies iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
-ABILITY — -ability /əbɪləti, əbɪlɪti/ BrE AmE ( also -ibility ) suffix [ Language: Old French ; Origin: -abilité , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ABILITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 (often foll. by to + infin.) capacity or power (has the ability to write songs). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-ABILITY — suffix forming nouns of quality from, or corresponding to, adjectives in -able (capability; vulnerability). [F -abilit÷ or L -abilitas: cf. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ABILITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 (often foll. by to + infin.) capacity or power (has the ability to write songs). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ABILITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. (often foll. by to + infin.) capacity or power (has the ability to write songs). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
-ABILITY — ( -abilities) -ability replaces ‘-able’ at the end of adjectives to form nouns. Nouns formed in this way refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABILITY — (abilities) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your ~ to do something …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
-ABILITY — (-abilities) ~ replaces ‘-able’ at the end of adjectives to form nouns. Nouns formed in this way refer to the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
-ABILITY — suffix EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ availability ▪ probability
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ABILITY — Synonyms and related words : ableness, address, adeptness, adequacy, adroitness, airmanship, aptitude, aptness, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, bravura, brilliance, bump, caliber, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ABILITY — n. Function: noun 1 physical, mental, or legal power to perform FF1C; he has the ability to accomplish whatever he …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ABILITY — n. 1. Power ( to execute anything ), ableness, force, potency, might, vigor, efficiency, efficacy, strength, energy, skill, skilfulness, dexterity, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
ABILITY — noun 1. physical, mental, or legal power to perform he has the ability to accomplish whatever he sets his mind …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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