| NOUN | attribute | ability | the quality of being able to perform |
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| cognition | ability, power | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done |
| Sounds | ahbih'lahtiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abnormality ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | The quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment. | |
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| Attributes | able | (usually followed by 'to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something |
| unable | (usually followed by 'to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how | |
| Narrower | Midas touch | An ability to make and manage large amounts of money |
| adaptability | The ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances | |
| capability, capableness | The quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | |
| competence, competency | The quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually | |
| contractility | The capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter | |
| form | An ability to perform well | |
| immunocompetence | The ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen | |
| interoperability | (computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks) | |
| magical ability, magical power | An ability to perform magic | |
| penetration | The ability to make way into or through something | |
| physical ability | The ability to perform some physical act | |
| sensitivity, sensitiveness | The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | |
| totipotency, totipotence | The ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part | |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Opposite | inability, unfitness | lacking the power to perform |
| Spanish | aptitud, capacidad, habilidad | |
| Catalan | aptitud | |
| Adjectives | able | (usually followed by 'to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something |
| able | having inherent physical or mental ... / mental ability or capacity | |
| able | have the skills and qualifications to do things well | |
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