"ability" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

ability sustantivo

sustantivo + ability

Kolokacji: 40

leadership ability • fighting ability • language ability • singing ability • ability of the United States • ...

ability + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 4

ability test • ability level • ability grouping • ability score

ability + verbo

Kolokacji: 86

ability allows • ability makes • ability depends • ability helps • ability gives • ...

verbo + ability

Kolokacji: 168

limit one's ability • demonstrate one's ability • use one's abilities • affect one's ability • know for one's ability • enhance one's ability • ...

frequent collocations

Kolokacji: 61

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 29

(1) limit, restrict, inhibit, determine, choose, ...

Kolokacji: 9

(2) demonstrate, prove, show, reflect, indicate, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(3) use, utilize, maximize, strain, exploit

Kolokacji: 5

(4) affect, impress, pride, rob

Kolokacji: 4

(5) know, depend, recognize, rely, believe, ...

Kolokacji: 13

(6) enhance, increase, reduce, raise, strengthen, decrease, ...

Kolokacji: 19

(7) test, base, measure, assess, evaluate, ...

Kolokacji: 11

(8) interfere, preserve, protect, keep

Kolokacji: 4

(9) doubt, question, challenge

Kolokacji: 3

(10) undermine, destroy, weaken, eliminate, end

Kolokacji: 5

1. undermine one's ability = podważać czyjś umiejętność undermine one's ability

2. destroy one's ability = niszczyć czyjś umiejętność destroy one's ability

3. weaken one's ability = osłabiać czyjś umiejętność weaken one's ability

4. eliminate one's ability = eliminować czyjś umiejętność eliminate one's ability

Though many partners want to combat the government, others suggest that the firm should simply disband, eliminating the government's ability to go to trial.
The Senate bill would eliminate the employers' ability to petition for specific workers.
But its effect would be insidious, because it would eliminate a health plan's ability to contain costs.
The bill would also eliminate the state's ability to sue polluters on behalf of Arizona citizens.
The court's ruling eliminated our ability to take enforcement action based solely on salmonella standards.
Cut that income off, and you eliminate their ability to finance their opposition to God's will.
The members must also vote by a majority to eliminate their ability to vote as a whole on choosing host cities.
And how many of our people will die if we don't eliminate their ability to come back at us another day!
"It would effectively eliminate employers' ability to use waivers."
They were replaced by a new Establishment Act that eliminated the commission's ability to discipline clergy.

5. end one's ability = koniec czyjś umiejętność end one's ability

(11) praise, fight, promote

Kolokacji: 4

(12) compromise, differ

Kolokacji: 2

(13) note, discover, describe, reveal, cite, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(14) lack, possess, retain, include

Kolokacji: 5

(15) lie, relate, rest, compare

Kolokacji: 4

(16) hurt, damage, harm

Kolokacji: 3

(17) develop, gain, take, learn, come, ...

Kolokacji: 13

(18) lose, place, take, cast, lay, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(19) offer, provide, give, grant, leave

Kolokacji: 5

(20) display, exhibit, show

Kolokacji: 3

(21) threaten, explore

Kolokacji: 2

(22) admire, respect, appreciate, value

Kolokacji: 5

(23) require, explain, represent, say, call

Kolokacji: 5

(24) exceed, overwhelm

Kolokacji: 2

(25) worry, facilitate

Kolokacji: 2

(26) disrupt, block

Kolokacji: 2

(27) marvel, express, emphasize, highlight

Kolokacji: 6

(28) match, suit, couple

Kolokacji: 3

(29) hinge, tackle

Kolokacji: 2

adjetivo + ability

Kolokacji: 215

uncanny ability • unique ability • athletic ability • natural ability • cognitive ability • physical ability • mental ability • technical ability • ...

preposición + ability

Kolokacji: 29

of one's ability • in one's ability • for one's ability • on one's ability • to one's ability • ...

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