natural ability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandability
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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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 ofnaturalandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Viral-based vector gene therapy takes advantage of thenaturalabilityof viruses to infect cells and have their genes expressed by the host cells.
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Agents differ innaturalability, the quality of their primary and secondary education, access to training programs and postsecondary institutions, and attitudes toward formal education.
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This ancient desert landscape and its biological communities have very littlenaturalabilityto recover from disturbance.
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Is that a way to capture more of thatnaturalabilityand confidence, before it finally disappears?
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In spite of this problem, this technique has been used extensively in reactive architectures because of itsnaturalabilityto encapsulate specific robot behaviors.
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In fact, a recurring theme was that theirnaturalability, love and passion for music were enough to achieve and satisfy during this stage of their development.
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We can understand the fact that computer science seems to be integrated within discrete mathematics because of thenaturalabilityof the latter to be handled with algorithms.
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I re-read it carefully last night to try to ascertain whether that was part of a grand strategy or merelynaturalability.
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Only in that way will thenaturalabilityand potential of our people be realised and released.
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The industry is not an industry of foreign origin which we are seeking, contrary tonaturalability, to import into this country.
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This is an evil system, which is inaccurate, divisive and wasteful ofnaturalability.
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Consequently, by the time they were 21, or 22 or 23 they had not only greatnaturalability, but great experience as well.
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They were born withnaturalability; we were born with more or less inability, and we are here to prove it.
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To our surprise—and this is no reflection upon hisnaturalability—he has won the admiration of everybody.
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Our young people have their whole lives before them to achieve the things that theirnaturalabilityand industry can achieve.
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Companies have anaturalabilityto hold on to money for investment purposes.
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That intensification has led to overgrazing, soil compaction and the formation of surface crusts or soil capping, which reduce the land'snaturalabilityto soak up water.
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It may be said that the children have not the samenaturalabilityof other children in the area with which we are concerned for that overall percentage.
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I do not know whether it is anaturalabilityor whether it is something which he has acquired, but he is not bad at it.
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Most great speakers have anaturalabilityto display the skills and effectiveness that can help to engage and move an audience for whatever purpose.
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