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superability

superability noun: superableness; the ability of an obstacle to be overcome.

Noun (1)

superability (uncountable)

  1. superableness; the ability of an obstacle to be overcome.
    • But if I was cheered at the superability of the moral obstacle, I quailed before the intellectual and educational test […]1912, George Tyrrell, Maude Dominica Petre, Autobiography and life of George Tyrrell

Noun (2)

superability (countable and uncountable, plural superabilities)

  1. Exceptional ability.
    • […] it may be maintained that a special education service may be provided only upon the establishment of the existence of a learning superability […]1970, Charles Henry Meisgeier, John D King, The process of special education administration

Forms of superability

pluralsuperabilities

Origin of superability

From superable + -ity.

From super- + ability.

Questions about superability

What does superability mean?
Superability means superableness; the ability of an obstacle to be overcome.
What part of speech is superability?
Superability is a noun.
What is the plural of superability?
The plural of superability is superabilities.

Words near superability in the dictionary

  1. super-villain
  2. super-villains
  3. super-weapon
  4. super-weapons
  5. superabilities
  6. superability
  7. superable
  8. superableness
  9. superabnormal
  10. superabound
  11. superabounded

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