superior ability

collocation in English

meaningsofsuperiorandability

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superior
adjective
uk
/suːˈpɪə.ri.ər/us
/səˈpɪr.i.ɚ/
better than average or better than other people or things of the ...
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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 ofsuperiorandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuperior ability

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Wealthier economies have asuperiorabilityto finance investments internally and, as a consequence, international markets favor these "richer" countries.
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This medium is striking in its attraction for youth and in thesuperiorabilityof young people to understand and use it.
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Children could know more letters because they have asuperiorabilityto learn new vocabulary items, perhaps as an attribute of segmental phonological representations.
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It should, by the same token, attribute to the real practitioners of power analysis - politicians, that is - the same and probablysuperiorabilityto interpret strategic talk.
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This war will not be won by valour alone, but by superior administration andsuperiorability.
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Let those who dare to criticise or point the finger of scorn first demonstrate asuperiorabilityin this field.
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It was my experience that if they could survive the peculiar establishment customs of that place, working-class undergraduates showed themselves to be ofsuperiorability.
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They are arguing about the ability of a layman, as opposed to thesuperiorabilityof a stipendiary magistrate drawn from the legal profession, to sign a form.
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We accept the fact that has been established that in every department that they have taken up women have shown equal ability, and sometimessuperiorability, compared with men.
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A key advantage of video relative to other media is itssuperiorabilityto communicate ideas and emotions economically.
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It requires tact and skill andsuperiorabilityto gain the ends aimed at by diplomacy.
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But one of his most famous works also demonstrates hissuperiorabilityat handling linear perspective and light.
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Musicians show asuperiorabilityfor musical imagery due to intense musical training.
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This advantage in short-term memory is thought to be linked to womenssuperiorabilityto attend to more than one task at once, or multitask.
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Over the course of 30 weeks female mice in enriched environments showedsuperiorabilityin motor coordination to those in standard conditions.
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The senior high school is a preparatory school for select students ofsuperiorability.
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Natural hair, squirrel, badger or sable are used by watercolorists due to theirsuperiorabilityto absorb and hold water.
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In contrast, people withsuperiorabilityhave authority of leadership.
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Insurers in the superior category are considered to have asuperiorabilityto meet their ongoing obligations.
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This is because ekphrasis typically contains an element of competition with the art it describes, aiming to demonstrate thesuperiorabilityof words to paint a picture.
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