abilities
uh-BIL-uh-teez/əˈbɪl.ə.tiz/
- 1Plural of ability.
The coach quickly recognized the rookie's defensive abilities.
Leadership and communication abilities matter as much as technical knowledge.
Note
The plural turns a general capacity into separate ones you can list and compare. Ability as the bare state of being able takes no plural. Once it names a particular power, physical or legal, it can be counted, and a modifier usually says which kind: defensive abilities, communication abilities. The financial sense, meaning the means to pay, is archaic and best left to older texts.
abilities is a form of ability
ability, noun: The power or capacity to do something, including the legal standing to act in a matter. Full entry
- Forms
- abilityabilities plural
- Spelling
- ability → abilities: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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