ability (noun)

1 skill/power to do sth



ADJECTIVE
• exceptional, extraordinary, great, outstanding, remarkable, uncanny
• inherent, innate, natural

It's important to discover the natural abilities of each child.

• proven
• academic, acting, artistic, athletic, creative, intellectual, linguistic, mathematical, musical, psychic, reading, technical
• mental, physical

… OF ABILITY
• level
She showed a high level of ability as a runner.

VERB + ABILITY
• have, possess
• retain
• demonstrate, show

Both players demonstrated their ability to hit the ball hard.

• acquire, develop, enhance, improve
• lack
• lose

I seem to have lost my ability to attract clients.

• affect, hamper, hinder, impair, impede, limit, undermine
• appreciate, recognize

Fox's abilities were soon recognized.

• doubt, question
• overestimate, underestimate

PREPOSITION
• ability in

She showed great ability in mathematics.

PHRASES
• to the best of your ability

We will keep you informed to the best of our ability.

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ability noun
2 speed with which sb learns

ADJECTIVE
• high

The school does nothing for children of high ability.

• limited, low
• average, mixed

It is much more difficult to teach a mixed-ability class.

VERB + ABILITY
• assess, measure, test

ABILITY + NOUN
• level
• range

PHRASES
• a range of ability, a range of abilities

I taught a wide range of abilities

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abstract
adjective


VERBS
• be

ADVERB
• extremely, fairly, very
• highly
• entirely, purely
purely abstract drawing
• increasingly

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abuse noun
1 wrong/bad use of sth


ADJECTIVE
• alcohol, drug, solvent, substance (= drugs, etc.)
• systematic, widespread
• flagrant

VERB + ABUSE
• prevent, stop
• investigate, report
• be open to

The legal system is open to abuse.

PREPOSITION
• abuse of
abuse of prisoners

PHRASES
• the abuse of power

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abuse noun

2 bad, usually violent treatment of sb

ADJECTIVE
• emotional, physical, psychological, s.ex, s.exual
• child, elder (especially AmE), prisoner, spousal (especially AmE)

victims of child abuse

• human rights abuses
allegations of human rights abuses
• alleged, suspected

… OF ABUSE
• case
six cases of suspected child abuse

VERB + ABUSE
• commit
• subject sb to

She was subjected to regular s.exual abuse.

• experience, suffer, take

The child had taken a lot of emotional abuse.

• allege, suspect sb of

ABUSE + VERB
• happen, occur, take place

ABUSE + NOUN
• victim

PHRASES
• an allegation of abuse
allegations of child abuse

• a perpetrator of abuse
• a victim of abuse

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