ability

Found in thesaurus: quality, cognition, knowledge, noesis

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ability
n. power, capacity, capability; skill, talent, aptitude, mental skill or physical power of a person to do something

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Ability
Ability may refer to:
  • Aptitude, a component of a competency to do a certain kind of work at a certain level
  • Intelligence, logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, having emotional knowledge, retaining, planning, and problem solving
  • Knowledge, a familiarity with someone or something, which can include facts, information, descriptions, or skills
  • Skill, the learned ability to carry out a task with pre-determined results
  • Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events
  • Capability (disambiguation)
  • Superpower (ability), a popular culture term for a fictional superhuman ability
  • Intellectual giftedness, an intellectual ability significantly higher than average.

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ability

Noun
1. the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
(antonym) inability, unfitness
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) adaptability
(attribute) able
2. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
(synonym) power
(antonym) inability
(hypernym) cognition, knowledge, noesis
(hyponym) know-how
(attribute) able


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ability
n. schopnost

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ability
Rzecz. umiejętność; zdolność