Able vs. Ability

Ableadjective

Easy to use.

Ableadjective

Suitable; competent.

Ableadjective

Liable to.

Ableadjective

Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.

Ableadjective

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.

Ableadjective

Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.

Ableadjective

(obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.

Ableadjective

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.

Ableadjective

(law) Legally qualified or competent.

Ableadjective

(nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.

Ableverb

To make ready.

Ableverb

To make capable; to enable.

Ableverb

To dress.

Ableverb

To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.

Ableverb

To vouch for; to guarantee.

Ablenoun

The letter "A".Wp

Ableadjective

Fit; adapted; suitable.

Ableadjective

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

Ableadjective

Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.

Ableadjective

Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

Ableverb

To make able; to enable; to strengthen.

Ableverb

To vouch for.

Ableadjective

(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something;

Ableadjective

have the skills and qualifications to do things well;

Ableadjective

having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity;

Ableadjective

having a strong healthy body;

Abilitynoun

(obsolete) Suitableness.

Abilitynoun

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.

Abilitynoun

The legal wherewithal to act.

Abilitynoun

Physical power.

Abilitynoun

(archaic) Financial ability.

Abilitynoun

(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.

Abilitynoun

(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.

Abilitynoun

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; - in the plural, faculty, talent.

Abilitynoun

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

Abilitynoun

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done;

Abilitynoun

possession of the means or skill to do something

Abilitynoun

talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area