ability
noun
power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.
abilities
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pluralof ability.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But in the long run, shareholder returns come from business performance, not storytelling abilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
A: This is the beginning of a pretty chaotic period, given the abilities of the advanced models.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Rather than developing increasingly sophisticated flight abilities, some of the earliest birds appear to have taken a very different evolutionary path, including losing the ability to fly altogether.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Meanwhile, student performance indicators have drifted downward, as reflected in recent Programme for International Student Assessment evaluations, an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development measure of students’ abilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
But the comfort-loving Descartes wasn’t a fighting soldier; he found his military niche as an engineer, using his mathematical skills rather than his less-developed physical abilities.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
