"disability" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disability.wav [Southern-England] Forms: disabilities [plural]
Etymology: Circa 1570 disable + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|disable|ity}} disable + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} disability (usually uncountable, plural disabilities)
  1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (state of being disabled): հաշմանդամություն (hašmandamutʿyun) (Armenian), инвалидност (invalidnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), discapacitat [feminine] (Catalan), 殘廢 (Chinese Mandarin), 残废 (cánfèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 殘疾 (Chinese Mandarin), 残疾 (cánjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 殘障 (Chinese Mandarin), 残障 (cánzhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), vammaisuus (Finnish), ინვალიდობა (invalidoba) (Georgian), mozgáskorlátozottság (Hungarian), mozgássérültség (Hungarian), fogyatékkal élés (Hungarian), rokkantság [dated] (Hungarian), fogyatékosság [offensive, possibly] (Hungarian), disabilitas (Indonesian), 障害 (shōgai) (alt: しょうがい) (Japanese), мүгедектік (mügedektık) (Kazakh), 장애 (jang'ae) (alt: 障礙) (Korean), neįgalumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), попреченост (poprečenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), വികലത (vikalata) (Malayalam), hauātanga (Maori), dizabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), रपस् (rapas) [neuter] (Sanskrit), onesposobljenost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ความพิการ (kwaam-pí-gaan) (Thai), engellilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-disability-en-noun-Zel-3uyh Disambiguation of Medicine: 50 12 38 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 14 23 13 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 40 11 24 11 13 Disambiguation of 'state of being disabled': 67 5 9 3 17
  2. A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (mental condition): häiriö (Finnish), toimintakyvyn haitta (Finnish), értelmi fogyatékosság (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-disability-en-noun-Wh1FwnXZ Disambiguation of 'mental condition': 15 66 8 2 8
  3. (disability theory) An inability imposed on a person by society's failure to accommodate their physical or mental differences from others, as opposed to impairment. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Disability Synonyms: handicap
    Sense id: en-disability-en-noun-gKx-ho10 Disambiguation of Disability: 32 5 41 5 17
  4. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (legal incapacity or incompetency): неправоспособност (nepravosposobnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), invalidita [feminine] (Czech), postižení [neuter] (Czech), vajaavaltaisuus (Finnish), oikeustoimikelvottomuus (Finnish), invalidité [feminine] (French), Behinderung [feminine] (German), jogképesség hiánya (Hungarian), akadályoztatás (Hungarian), incompetência [feminine] (Portuguese), handicap [neuter] (Romanian), неправоспосо́бность (nepravosposóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), invalidnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), invaliditet [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), incapacidad [feminine] (Spanish), sakatlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-disability-en-noun-bJGm4iaV Disambiguation of 'legal incapacity or incompetency': 5 2 4 85 3
  5. (uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Translations (regular payments received by a disabled person): invalidní důchod [masculine] (Czech), vammaiseläke (Finnish), työkyvyttömyyseläke (Finnish), pension d’invalidité [feminine] (French), rokkantnyugdíj (Hungarian), renta [feminine] (Polish), посо́бие по инвали́дности (posóbije po invalídnosti) [neuter] (Russian), invalidska penzija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), invalidska mirovina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-disability-en-noun-u-CyKGof Disambiguation of 'regular payments received by a disabled person': 13 3 17 2 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disqualification, impotence, inability, incapacity, incompetency, incompetence, weakness Derived forms: cognitive disability, developmental disability, disability-adjusted life year, disability sport, I have a disability, intellectual disability, learning disability, pan-disability, print disability Related terms: disable, disabled, disablism

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          "roman": "vikalata",
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          "word": "വികലത"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "state of being disabled",
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        {
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mental condition",
          "word": "értelmi fogyatékosság"
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      ],
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          "word": "handicap"
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 4 85 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nepravosposobnost",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "неправоспособност"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "invalidita"
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        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "postižení"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 4 85 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "word": "vajaavaltaisuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 4 85 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "word": "oikeustoimikelvottomuus"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "invalidité"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Behinderung"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 4 85 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "word": "jogképesség hiánya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 4 85 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "word": "akadályoztatás"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nepravosposóbnostʹ",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "неправоспосо́бность"
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          "_dis1": "5 2 4 85 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "invalidnost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 4 85 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "invaliditet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 4 85 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "incapacidad"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
          "word": "sakatlık"
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        {
          "text": "I had to go on disability after the accident.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Did you get your disability this month?",
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      ],
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        "(uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "13 3 17 2 66",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "invalidní důchod"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
          "word": "vammaiseläke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 3 17 2 66",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
          "word": "työkyvyttömyyseläke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 3 17 2 66",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pension d’invalidité"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 3 17 2 66",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
          "word": "rokkantnyugdíj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 3 17 2 66",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "renta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 3 17 2 66",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "posóbije po invalídnosti",
          "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "посо́бие по инвали́дности"
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        {
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}
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hašmandamutʿyun",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "հաշմանդամություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "invalidnost",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "инвалидност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discapacitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "殘廢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cánfèi",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "残废"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "殘疾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cánjí",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "残疾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "殘障"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cánzhàng",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "残障"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "vammaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "invalidoba",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "ინვალიდობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "mozgáskorlátozottság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "mozgássérültség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "fogyatékkal élés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "rokkantság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "offensive",
        "possibly"
      ],
      "word": "fogyatékosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "disabilitas"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうがい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōgai",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "障害"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mügedektık",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "мүгедектік"
    },
    {
      "alt": "障礙",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jang'ae",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "장애"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neįgalumas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poprečenost",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "попреченост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vikalata",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "വികലത"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "hauātanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dizabilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rapas",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "रपस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onesposobljenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-pí-gaan",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "ความพิการ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being disabled",
      "word": "engellilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mental condition",
      "word": "häiriö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mental condition",
      "word": "toimintakyvyn haitta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mental condition",
      "word": "értelmi fogyatékosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepravosposobnost",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неправоспособност"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "invalidita"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "postižení"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "word": "vajaavaltaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "word": "oikeustoimikelvottomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "invalidité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Behinderung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "word": "jogképesség hiánya"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "word": "akadályoztatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "incompetência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handicap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepravosposóbnostʹ",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неправоспосо́бность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "invalidnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "invaliditet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "incapacidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "legal incapacity or incompetency",
      "word": "sakatlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "invalidní důchod"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "word": "vammaiseläke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "word": "työkyvyttömyyseläke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pension d’invalidité"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "word": "rokkantnyugdíj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "renta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posóbije po invalídnosti",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "посо́бие по инвали́дности"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "invalidska penzija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "regular payments received by a disabled person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "invalidska mirovina"
    }
  ],
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    "disability"
  ],
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}

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