disability
[noun]
Synonyms:
- handicap, affliction, ailment, complaint, defect, disorder, impairment, infirmity, malady
- incapacity, inability, unfitness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

dis‧a‧bil‧i‧ty /ˌdɪsəˈbɪləti, ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪti/ noun (plural disabilities)
[Word Family: noun: ability ≠ inability, disability; adjective: able ≠ unable, disabled; verb: enable ≠ disable; adverb: ably]

1. [countable] a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for someone to use a part of their body properly, or to learn normally
with a disability
Public places are becoming more accessible to people with disabilities.
learning/physical/mental etc disability
children with severe learning disabilities

2. [uncountable] when you have a physical or mental disability:
learning to cope with disability

3. [uncountable] American English money that is given by the government to people who have physical disabilities
on disability
Evans lives on disability because of an accident that left her paralyzed.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

disability
noun
ADJ. severe | permanent | learning, mental, physical children who have severe learning disabilities
VERB + DISABILITY have | cope with, live with learning to live with disability
DISABILITY + NOUN movement, organization | discrimination | allowance, pension

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