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Meanings of ability in English

Portuguese
abilidade
Catalan
aptitud
Spanish
aptitud

Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.

abilidade
Usage of ability in English
1
Understand the current financial position: The ability to respond quickly is essential.
Independent.ie
2
Firstly, the ability to understand three simple words: Stop, look and listen.
The Irish Times
3
The association between violence and work ability was modified by education level.
Pubmed
4
In 1989 'population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up.' No.
The Rational Optimist
5
The problem threatens farmers' ability to compete globally as EU subsidies diminish.
The Irish Times
6
Each year the research team evaluated the children's ability to process speech.
Reuters
7
However, he said teachers required other qualities in addition to academic ability.
Radio NZ
8
It really wrecked his ability to say 'I was a good footballer'.
News.com.au
9
We will always defend riders' ability to choose to work this way.
News.com.au
10
The future depends on your ability to imagine and create the future.
Ebony
11
So governments need to invest in the ability to attack new threats.
Wired
12
Yet government is also notorious for its ability to misread technical change.
The Rational Optimist
13
The ability of France's public sector unions to prevent reform remains formidable.
The Guardian
14
Technology is improving our ability to bypass some of these problems, however.
Radio NZ
15
However, the ability of the secretome to promote inflammatory resolution remains unknown.
Pubmed
16
Discriminative ability between treatment groups was good and similar for both methods.
Pubmed
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Ability through the time
Ability across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
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