ability
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ability/əˈbɪləti/
▶noun (pl. 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 Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-ability
▶suffix forming nouns of quality corresponding to adjectives ending in -able (such as suitability corresponding to suitable).
– origin from Fr. -abilité or L. -abilitas.
'ability' also found in these Oxford entries:
-ability
- acalculia
- acumen
- aptitude
- astute
- balance
- ballon
- band
- better
- born
- box
- brainpower
- butterwort
- calibre
- capability
- capable
- capacitance
- capacity
- carbon sink
- chameleon
- choice
- cloze test
- clueless
- command
- common
- communism
- comparative advantage
- compeer
- competent
- comprehension
- conception
- coordination
- courage
- crash-test
- credit
- dialysis
- dielectric constant
- difficulty
- ear
- elevation
- empathy
- enable
- endow
- endowment
- endue
- equal
- extension
- eyesight
- fascinate
