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MENTAL ABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental ability mean? 

MENTAL ABILITY (noun)
  The noun MENTAL ABILITY has 1 sense:

1. the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behaviorplay

  Familiarity information: MENTAL ABILITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MENTAL ABILITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

capacity; mental ability

Hypernyms ("mental ability" is a kind of...):

ability; power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mental ability"):

prescience; prevision (the power to foresee the future)


 Context examples 


A loss of part or all of a physical or mental ability, such as the ability to see, walk, or learn.

(Impairment, NCI Dictionary)

They may affect mental ability, such as learning disorders.

(Developmental Disabilities, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds." (English proverb)

"Every animal knows more than you do." (Native American proverb, Nez Perce)

"The people's lord is their servant." (Arabic proverb)

"When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away." (Dutch proverb)



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