English-Thai Dictionary

disability

N การ ไร้ความสามารถ  ความ พิการ  handicap weakness kan-rai-kwam-sa-mad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISABILITY

n.[from disable. ] 1. Want of competent natural or bodily power, strength or ability; weakness; impotence; as disability arising from infirmity or broken limbs.
2. Want of competent intellectual power or strength of mind; incapacity; as the disability of a deranged person to reason or to make contracts.
3. Want of competent means or instruments. [In this sense, inability is generally used. ]
4. Want of legal qualifications; incapacity; as a disability to inherit an estate, when the ancestor has been attainted. [In this sense, it has a plural. ]
Disability differs from inability, in denoting deprivation of ability; whereas inability denotes destitution of ability, either by deprivation or otherwise.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISABILITY

Dis `a *bil "i *ty, n.; pl. Disabilities (.

 

1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like. Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted. Milton. Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. Bancroft.

 

2. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency. The disabilities of idiocy, infancy, and coverture. Abbott.

 

Syn. -- Weakness; inability; incompetence; impotence; incapacity; incompetency; disqualification. -- Disability, Inability. Inability is an inherent want of power to perform the thing in question; disability arises from some deprivation or loss of the needed competency. One who becomes deranged is under a disability of holding his estate; and one who is made a judge, of deciding in his own case. A man may decline an office on account of his inability to discharge its duties; he may refuse to accept a trust or employment on account of some disability prevents him from entering into such engagements.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disability

dis a bil i ty |ˌdisəˈbilitē ˈˌdɪsəˈbɪlədi | ▶noun ( pl. disabilities ) a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities. • a disadvantage or handicap, esp. one imposed or recognized by the law: he had to quit his job and go on disability .

 

Oxford Dictionary

disability

dis |abil ¦ity |dɪsəˈbɪlɪti | ▶noun ( pl. disabilities ) 1 a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities: children with severe physical disabilities | [ mass noun ] : differing types of disability. 2 a disadvantage or handicap, especially one imposed or recognized by the law: the plaintiff was under a disability .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disability

disability noun my disability makes getting into bed a slow process: handicap, disablement, incapacity, impairment, infirmity, defect, abnormality; condition, disorder, affliction.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disability

disability noun my disability makes getting into bed rather a slow process: condition, disorder, affliction, ailment, complaint, illness, malady, disease; disablement, incapacity, infirmity; special needs; learning difficulties, learning disability; often offensive handicap, abnormality, defect, impairment. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD disability See disabled . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disability

dis a bil i ty /dɪ̀səbɪ́ləti /名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 C U (傷害 病気などによる, 身体 精神の )障害 (handicap ); «…する » 能力欠如 «to do » ; 〖形容詞的に 〗障害者の (ための )▸ people with disabilities 障害者 ▸ learning [developmental ] disabilities 学習 [発達 ]障害 ▸ disability benefits 障害者給付金 2 U C (一般に )無力, 無能力 .3 U 〘法 〙無能力, 無資格 ; 障害 .