ability
The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
Having been preceded by an announcement; declared.
That asks; that expresses a question or request.
A strong urge (to do some particular thing with or in one's life, for example to become religious, to help the poor, or to be an entertainer).
A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
Prolonged; unstopped.
Without question and beyond doubt.
Created according to a design.
Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
Especially, extremely.
An attempt to find something.
Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
Elongated or trailing portion. — The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
A demand of ownership made for something.
wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
Popularly or widely.
Pertaining to, nearly related to, as cousins-german (first cousins), germane to the subject (bearing on or pertinent to the subject). This word has no connexion with the German nation, but is Lat., germanus, of the same germ or stock.
Concerning all parts of the world.
Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated.
Synonym of have got to, have to
A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
Any person who leads or directs.
A symbol in an alphabet.
Words spoken by the actors.
Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
Having a name.
Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
Anything that is produced; a result.
Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Happening once every year.
A contest, a struggle.
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
Processed or perfected.
Growth; increase.
Very stressful or demanding
To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
More than half (50%) of some group.
Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
Of matter and nature. — Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
In a serious or literal manner.
Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).
Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.