mental ability

collocation in English

meaningsofmentalandability

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mental
adjective
uk
/ˈmen.təl/us
/-t̬əl/
relating to the mind, or involving the process ...
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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 ofmentalandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Memory, then, is not simply thementalabilityto retrieve past events but a practice in dialogue with our surroundings.
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Certainly, the use of child labour depended foremost upon the child's physical condition andmentalability to develop new skills to accomplish the tasks assigned.
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Through this conversation,mentalabilitywas also assessed.
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I want to quote some statistics about the distribution ofmentalabilityin this country.
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The hall mark will bementalabilityto profit by the next grade, not the amount of income of the child's parents.
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Nor is there the slightest valid ground for equating differences ofmentalability, intelligence and so forth with racial origin.
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It is a crime to allow any child who has thementalabilityto read or write to leave school illiterate or innumerate.
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But, when it works like that, how are we to develop thatmentalabilityof a high order?
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There are certain privileges which are bound to be there, because of differences in stature andmentalability.
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I am conscious of the fact thatmentalabilityand the ability to calculate figures diminishes without practice.
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The week-end scrutiny testsmentalabilitywith rather more emphasis on speed and practicality than in the written examination.
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I cannot think of anyone else able to make a judgment of thementalabilityof another human being.
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However, she was educated at a special residential school, although naturally her family, which is of superiormentalability, was caused considerable problems.
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After all, that implies a certain measure ofmentalabilitythat the person may not have; that there is reasonable ground for suspecting.
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With all his grasp of the subject, with all hismentalability, it was quite clear that he did not really know his subject.
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Being human beings, they are different in character, in personality and inmentalability.
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The safety and preservation ofmentalabilitydepend first and foremost on the well-being of the physical body.
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That sounds gibberish even, perhaps, to those of advancedmentalability.
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But on a highly skilled programme these young men could be challenged to the utmost of their physical andmentalability.
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It is terribly important for the physically disabled child to be educated to make the full use of hismentalability.
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