{ "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "\u0259\u02c8b\u026al\u0259\u02ccti" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/ability.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/ability.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (CA)", "url": "" }, { "lang": "Audio (CA)", "url": "" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "First attested in the 1300s. From Middle English abilite (\u201csuitability, aptitude, ability\u201d), from Old French ablet\u00e9, from Latin habilit\u0101s (\u201captness, ability\u201d), from habilis (\u201capt, fit, skillful, able\u201d); equivalent to able + -ity." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) Suitableness." }, { "mean": "(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. \nThis phone has the ability to have its software upgraded wirelessly.\nThis wood has the ability to fight off insects, fungus, and mold for a considerable time.\n2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, \u201cFinland spreads word on schools\u201d, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting." }, { "mean": "The legal wherewithal to act. \n2013 June 22, \u201cT time\u201d, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies." }, { "mean": "(now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power." }, { "mean": "(archaic) Financial ability." }, { "mean": "(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty." }, { "mean": "(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. \nThey are persons of ability, who will go far in life.\nShe has an uncanny ability to defuse conflict.\na mixed-ability class\n1611, The Holy Bible,\u00a0 (King James Version), London: Robert Barker,\u00a0, \u2192OCLC, Acts 11:29:Then the disciples, euery man according to his abilitie, determined to send reliefe vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea.\n1848, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II:The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability\n1884, Francis Bacon, Of Studies:Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study -\n2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, \u201cEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report\u201d, in Telegraph:The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month\u2019s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott." } ] }, { "name": "References", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "\u2191 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors(2002),\u201cability\u201d, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y. 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