disability
A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or…A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
» Does Tom have a learning disability?
Meaning
7 senses(countable)A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
people with disabilities
(uncountable)The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
Behinderung
(countable)A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needs.
(countable)A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
Invalidität
неправоспосо́бностьnepravosposóbnostʹ
A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
(countable)A duty to refrain from altering a person's legal relations; correlative of an immunity.
(informal, uncountable)Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.
I had to go on disability after the accident.
Did you get your disability this month?
посо́бие по инвали́дностиposóbije po invalídnosti
(countable, obsolete)An inability.
- the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
Examples
70 sentencesDoes Tom have a learning disability?
How many people do you know with disabilities?
deWie viele Menschen mit Behinderungen kennst du?
Tom wrote a book about living with disabilities.
ruТом написал книгу о жизни с инвалидностью.
A learning disability may teach perseverance.
The army rejected Tom because of a physical disability.
ruТома признали негодным к службе в армии из-за его физической недееспособности.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Circa 1570 disable + -ity.Circa 1570 disable + -ity.
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Forms
plural: disabilities| Singular | disability |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness:disablementhandicapimpairment
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable