1. способность, возможность (сделать что-л.)

~ to walk {to weep, to understand} - способность ходить {плакать, понимать}

a child's ~ to learn - обучаемость ребёнка

2. 1) способность, ловкость; квалификация, умение

~ test /testing/ - спец. психотехническое испытание

~ factor - тех. показатель работоспособности

a man of ~ - способный или знающий /квалифицированный/ человек

~ to write well - владение слогом /пером/

~ to think clearly - способность ясно мыслить

~ in doing smth. - ловкость в каком-л. деле

to treat smth. with ~ - умело справляться с чем-л.

to be best of one's ~ - по мере сил /способностей/

2) часто pl способность; талант; дарование, одарённость

~ for music {in mathematics} - музыкальные {математические} способности

to be possessed of great ~ - быть одарённым

composing music is beyond his abilities - он не способен сочинять музыку

3. ком. платёжеспособность (тж. ~ to pay)

4. юр. правоспособность, компетенция

ability (əˊbɪlətɪ) n

1) спосо́бность; уме́ние;

to the best of one's abilities по ме́ре сил и спосо́бностей

2) дарова́ние;

a man of great abilities высокоодарённый челове́к

3) ло́вкость

4):

ability to pay ком. платёжеспосо́бность

5) юр. компете́нция

способность; возможность

- abrasive ability- absorbing ability- adhesive ability- cognitive ability- coking ability- cooling ability- course-keeping ability- cross-linking ability- curving ability- dispersive ability- emissive ability- emulsifying ability- engine breathing ability- external measuring ability- felting ability- filter cleaning ability- flotation ability- freezing ability- glass-forming ability- handling ability- hauling ability- heat sink ability- heat transport ability- heat-conducting ability- internal measuring ability- load-carrying ability- lubricating ability- mold-filling ability- oil-film retaining ability- oxidizing ability- parking brake holding ability- penetration ability- power handling ability- power transmission ability- problem-solving ability- processing ability- pulling ability- range ability- reducing ability- reproductive ability- resolving ability- road-holding ability- rolling ability- running ability- screw holding ability- seagoing ability- sealing ability- self-cleaning ability- service brakes stopping ability- sintering ability- sludging ability- solubilizing ability- speed ability- stopping ability- takeoff ability- tinning ability- traction-penetration ability- tractive ability- turning ability- weight-carrying ability- wetting ability

способность, умение

ability to conceive — способность к зачатию

- colony-forming ability- combining ability- competitive ability- complement-fixing ability- germinating ability- regenerative ability

1) способность, возможность

2) умение

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ability to adapt — способность к адаптации

to show ability — проявлять способность

- seagoing ability