-ability
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: /-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
ipa: [-əˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
Forms: form: -ibility
Etymology: From Middle English -ablete, -iblete, -abilite, -ibilite, from Middle French -ableté, -ibleté, -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, from -abilis (“able”) or -ibilis (“able”) + -tas. Equivalent to -able + -ity.
Senses: examples: cook + -ability → cookability
glosses: Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition.
Derived terms: absorbability
acceptability
accountability
adaptability
affability
availability
bouncebackability
capability
culpability
desirability
durability
flammability
inability
inflammability
instability
liability
malleability
nonability
palpability
probability
readability
reliability
respectability
stability
suitability
teachability
traceability
variability
Related terms: sense: other terms ending in "ability"
word: agreeability
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word: availability
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word: avoidability
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word: clusterability
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word: collocability
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word: combinability
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word: countability
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word: crystallizability
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word: disability
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word: editability
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word: enforceability
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word: enjoyability
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word: factorizability
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word: falsifiability
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word: googlability
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word: googleability
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word: governability
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word: impassability
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word: impassibility
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word: installability
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word: investigability
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word: mappability
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word: mouldability
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word: movability
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word: passability
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word: playability
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word: preventability
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word: printability
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word: rapability
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word: rationalizability
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word: recognizability
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word: registerability
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word: removability
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word: repairability
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word: resettability
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word: respectability
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word: scanability
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word: seeability
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word: supportability
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word: togglability
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word: tolerability
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word: treatability
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word: undoability
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word: universalisability
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word: unmappability
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word: usability
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word: washability
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word: wearability
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word: winnability
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word: writability