MENTAL ABILITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

Synonyms:

capacity; mental ability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mental ability" is a kind of...):

ability; power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mental ability"):

prescience; prevision (the power to foresee the future)

Credits