inherent ability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinherentandability
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inherent
adjective
uk/ɪnˈher.ənt/us/ɪnˈhɪr.ənt/
existing as a natural or basic part ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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(Definition ofinherentandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The genotype indicates the plant's genetic constitution and determines itsinherentabilityto grow and produce latex within the environment provided.
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Thus, foetal skin, with itsinherentabilityto repair through regeneration rather than scar, represents the ideal paradigm of all tissue repair.
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Our study indicates that the sites differed in theirinherentabilityto decompose leaves, irrespective of leaf chemistry.
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If it is true that only sonorants can be syllabic, then this translates as aninherentabilityto branch onto neighbouring nuclei, something which is denied to obstruents.
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The first is primordial whereby selfhood emanates from the body's power of natural expression, and manifests in the body'sinherentabilityto apprehend and convey meaning.
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The natural history of cancers and theirinherentabilityto metastasise means that in place of cure there is remission, disease free intervals and palliation of unpleasant or painful symptoms.
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I therefore claim that selfhood persisted in and through their bodies' powers of natural expression, that is, the body'sinherentabilityto apprehend and convey meaning.
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The use of this variable depends on the assumption that managers that come out of such a pool would have a strongerinherentabilityto organize collective activities.
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In summary, this book provides a useful review of the psychological bases to musical identities as a developed creative skill building on ourinherentabilityto communicate and express.
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The notion of an "organic law of compensation," an organism'sinherentabilityto balance itself, provided the natural ideal against which "artificial" economic budgets could be judged.
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Its catastrophic effects register theinherentabilityof performatives to fail and misfire, and, in misfiring, to link up with other referents, other contents, other performances.
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Very often he is getting excellent results by usinginherentability, manual dexterity, individual accuracy, and so on.
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I have confidence in theinherentabilityof midlanders.
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That must have been possible because the court had theinherentabilityto be much more flexible and to take into account the individual case.
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They have very little idea of what they are going into and little idea of continuing to make use of theinherentabilitywhich they have.
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Titanium has theinherentabilityto osseointegrate, enabling use in dental implants that can last for over 30 years.
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It was also able to use both its superlative espionage arm and theinherentabilityof central planning to concentrate resources to great effect.
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When used as a homebase, one's team must match the team description, and theinherentabilityapplies to the game.
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All this evolved due to aninherentabilityto respond to their wants by moving.
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Stepper motors have someinherentabilityto control position, as they have built-in output steps.
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