"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

(22) admire, respect, appreciate, value

Kolokacji: 5

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

Kolokacji: 5

(24) exceed, overwhelm

Kolokacji: 2

1. exceed one's ability = przekraczać czyjś umiejętność exceed one's ability

And then upon looking into our books the court will find that the damages exceed our ability to pay.
Some members of Congress have said the task far exceeds the agency's ability.
Obviously, this situation exceeds our ability to deal with it without extra resources.
In the flood season the volume and force of the river exceeds my ability to describe it to you.
The shareholders are usually liable for any of the company debts that exceed the company's ability to pay.
And truly comprehensive coverage often exceeds a family's ability to pay.
"By the year 2020, we will have reached and slightly exceeded our ability to serve 130 million passengers."
The speed almost exceeds a human's ability to respond.
"I don't look at it as competition, because there's obviously a desire and an appetite that exceeds our ability to meet."
In the distant future, the advancement of science has exceeded humanity's ability to control it.

2. overwhelm one's ability = obezwładniać czyjś umiejętność overwhelm one's ability

(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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