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1 ♦ ability
♦ ability /əˈbɪlətɪ/n. [uc]1 capacità: the ability to run a business, la capacità di gestire un'impresa; mental abilities, capacità intellettuali; reading ability, capacità di lettura; il saper leggere; ability to pay, solvibilità; (fisc.) capacità contributiva2 abilità; capacità; bravura; (al pl.) talento (sing.), doti: an outstanding ability with figures, una straordinaria bravura con i numeri; creative abilities, talento creativo; doti creative; of proven ability, di provata capacità● ability test, test attitudinale □ to the best of one's ability, al meglio della propria capacità; facendo del proprio meglio. -
2 mental
['mentl]1) med. [handicap, illness] mentale; [ hospital] psichiatrico; [ institution] per malattie mentali; [ ward] di psichiatria2) (of the mind) [ability, effort] intellettuale; [ process] mentale3) (in one's head) [calculation, picture] mentale4) colloq. (mad) pazzo, matto* * *['mentl]1) (of the mind: mental illnesses/disorders.) mentale2) (done or made by the mind: mental arithmetic; a mental picture.) mentale, intellettuale3) (for those who are ill in mind: a mental hospital.) per malati di mente4) (suffering from an illness of the mind: a mental patient.) malato di mente•- mentally* * *['mentl]1) med. [handicap, illness] mentale; [ hospital] psichiatrico; [ institution] per malattie mentali; [ ward] di psichiatria2) (of the mind) [ability, effort] intellettuale; [ process] mentale3) (in one's head) [calculation, picture] mentale4) colloq. (mad) pazzo, matto -
3 mental *** men·tal adj
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4 vision
['vɪʒn]1) (mental picture, hallucination) visione f.to appear to sb. in a vision — apparire a qcn. in visione
2) (conception, idea) visione f., idea f.3) (imaginative foresight) sagacia f., intuito m.4) (ability to see) vista f.5) (sight, visual image) immagine f.6) telev. (picture) immagine f.* * *['viʒən]1) (something seen in the imagination or in a dream: God appeared to him in a vision.) visione2) (the ability to see or plan into the future: Politicians should be men of vision.) sagacia, intuito3) (the ability to see or the sense of sight: He is slowly losing his vision.) vista* * *['vɪʒn]1) (mental picture, hallucination) visione f.to appear to sb. in a vision — apparire a qcn. in visione
2) (conception, idea) visione f., idea f.3) (imaginative foresight) sagacia f., intuito m.4) (ability to see) vista f.5) (sight, visual image) immagine f.6) telev. (picture) immagine f. -
5 faculty
['fækltɪ]2) BE univ. facoltà f.3) AE univ. scol. (staff) corpo m. insegnante* * *['fækəlti]plural - faculties; noun1) (a power of the mind: the faculty of reason.) facoltà2) (a natural power of the body: the faculty of hearing.) facoltà3) (ability or skill: She has a faculty for saying the right thing.) capacità4) ((often with capital) a section of a university: the Faculty of Arts/Science.) facoltà* * *faculty /ˈfækltɪ/n.1 facoltà ( intellettuale o fisica): the faculty of hearing, la facoltà dell'udito; to be in possession of all one's faculties, essere in possesso di tutte le proprie facoltà; mental faculties, facoltà mentali2 capacità; abilità; talento5 (leg.) facoltà; diritto; autorità6 (antiq.) (gli) appartenenti a una professione; ( in particolare) (i) medici, (la) professione medica● (in GB) the Faculty of Advocates, il collegio degli avvocati scozzesi.* * *['fækltɪ]2) BE univ. facoltà f.3) AE univ. scol. (staff) corpo m. insegnante -
6 endowment
[ɪn'daʊmənt]1) (action) sovvenzionamento m.2) (money given) sovvenzione f., donazione f.3) (ability) dote f., talento m. naturale* * *noun dotazione* * *endowment /ɪnˈdaʊmənt/n.1 [uc] assegnazione; donazione; lascito; sovvenzione: This university has several endowments, quest'università gode di diversi lasciti● endowment fund, fondo di dotazione ( per i dipendenti) □ (ass.) endowment insurance, assicurazione mista ( caso di morte o capitale a scadenza fissa) □ (ass., in GB) endowment mortgage, ipoteca legata a una polizza mista □ (ass.) endowment policy, polizza mista.* * *[ɪn'daʊmənt]1) (action) sovvenzionamento m.2) (money given) sovvenzione f., donazione f.3) (ability) dote f., talento m. naturale -
7 imagination
[ɪˌmædʒɪ'neɪʃn]nome immaginazione f.to see sth. in one's imagination — immaginarsi qcs.
is it my imagination, or...? — sogno, o...?
not by any stretch of the imagination could you say... — neanche con un grande sforzo di immaginazione potresti dire
* * *1) ((the part of the mind which has) the ability to form mental pictures: I can see it all in my imagination.) immaginazione2) (the creative ability of a writer etc: This book shows a lot of imagination.) immaginazione3) (the seeing etc of things which do not exist: There was no-one there - it was just your imagination.) immaginazione* * *[ɪˌmædʒɪ'neɪʃn]nome immaginazione f.to see sth. in one's imagination — immaginarsi qcs.
is it my imagination, or...? — sogno, o...?
not by any stretch of the imagination could you say... — neanche con un grande sforzo di immaginazione potresti dire
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8 power ***** pow·er
['paʊə(r)]1. n1) (physical strength), (also), fig forza, (energy) energia, (force: of engine, blow, explosion) potenza, (of sun) intensità, (electricity) elettricità2) (ability, capacity) capacità f inv, potere m, (faculty) facoltà f invmental powers — capacità fpl mentali
the power of speech — la facoltà or l'uso della parola
powers of persuasion/imagination — forza di persuasione/immaginazione
3) (Pol: authority) potere m, autorità f invthe powers of darkness or evil — le forze del male
4) Math potenza7 to the power (of) 3 — 7 al cubo or alla terza
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fam: a lot of) it did me a power of good — mi ha fatto un bene enorme2. vt3. adj
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