noun verb and adjective of ability
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Noun : ability, ableness. Adverb : ably. Adjective : able; adjective suffix : -able. Explanation : meaning of the word ability is the capacity, power or skill to do something. Noun form of the word ability is ability as well as ableness.
Explanation: Word family (noun) ability ≠ inability disability (adjective) able ≠ unable disabled (verb) enable ≠ disable (adverb) ably. able is an adjective that usually comes after some form of be, ably is an adverb, ability is a noun:John is able to run fast. He did the work ably and efficiently.
-ability, suffix. -ability, a combination of -able and -ity, is used to form nouns from adjectives that end in -able:capable (adjective) → capability (noun); reliable (adjective) → reliability (noun).
Noun. ability and talent mean physical or mental power to do or accomplish something. ability may be used of an inborn power to do something especially well.
We use the modal verbs can, could and be able to + verb infinitive to talk about ability.