Associations to the word «Ability»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
ABILITY, noun. (obsolete) Suitableness. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
ABILITY, noun. (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do; capacity of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
ABILITY, noun. The legal wherewithal to act. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
ABILITY, noun. (now) (limited to Scottish dialects) Physical power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
ABILITY, noun. (archaic) Financial ability. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
ABILITY, noun. (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty. [First attested in the late 16 th century.]
ABILITY, noun. (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17 th century.]
ABILITY GROUPING, noun. The practice of putting students together in groups of those with similar skills or needs, e.g. in classes or in groups within a class.
ABILITY TO PAY, noun. (tax) An individual's level of wealth or income, as a measure of the tax rate they can afford to pay.
Dictionary definition
ABILITY, noun. The quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment.
ABILITY, noun. Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.