"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

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

(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

1. threaten one's ability = grozić czyjś umiejętność threaten one's ability

A federal judge in Texas has threatened the government's ability to use modern methods to ensure the safety of the nation's food supply.
Some of these forays threaten the state's and city's ability to carry on their work.
The growing size of the Games, however, has threatened their ability to be well organized.
It is going to threaten my ability to employ 120 people.
This in turn threatened the Axis armies' ability to fight.
The result in both instances is to threaten the public's ability to see art.
That's all it's taken to threaten the company's ability to stay within its new borrowing covenants.
And these are just a handful of the many problems threatening our ability to compete in the future.
With its provisions, the bill threatens federal agencies' ability to protect public health and safety.
In this way, the left threatens Parliament's ability to function as an effective legislator.

2. explore one's abilities = badać czyjś umiejętności explore one's abilities

(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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