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Plural of ability

regular plural

The plural of ability is abilities.

Forms of ability

Singularability /əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
Pluralabilities /əˈbɪl.ə.tiz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Abilities in a sentence

  • Most gishes use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as "buffing").From the entry gish
  • The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.From the entry reflect
  • The two business partners had complementary abilities: one had excellent people skills, while the other had a head for figures.From the entry complementary
  • You're using too many colloquial words in this cover letter: I suggest changing "I picked up loads of cool skills" to "I acquired many positive abilities"From the entry colloquial
  • Rather, they are losing the higher-order abilities of comprehension and synthesis.2026 July 8, Rose Horowitch, “The End of Reading Is Here”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic…. From the entry postliterate

Meaning of ability

  1. noun Suitableness.
  2. noun The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
  3. noun The legal wherewithal to act.

Full definition of ability

Questions about the plural of ability

What is the plural of ability?
The plural of ability is abilities.
Is ability countable?
Ability is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ability (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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