disability B1 Topic:Social Issues & Human Rights US /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/ See IPA manual Freq #13646 Meanings 1 noun A physical or mental condition that limits what a person can do. The building has ramps for people with disabilities. 2 noun Regular payments made by the government to a disabled person. He had to go on disability after the accident. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a physical or mental... handicapimpairment 2 noun · regular payments made by... disability benefits Word family Forms disabilities Derived forms antidisabilitymultidisabilitiesmultidisabilityneurodisabilitypan-disabilitypredisability Related forms disabledisableddisablism Common collocations disability benefit Noun + noun Etymology Circa 1570 disable + -ity. Topics Social Issues & Human Rights External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # disability **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/ **Frequency rank:** 13646 ## Meanings 1. A physical or mental condition that limits what a person can do. 2. Regular payments made by the government to a disabled person. ## Examples - The building has ramps for people with disabilities. - He had to go on disability after the accident. ## Derived Forms - antidisability - multidisabilities - multidisability - neurodisability - pan-disability - predisability ## Related Forms - disable - disabled - disablism ## Etymology Circa 1570 disable + -ity. ## Topics - Social Issues & Human Rights markdown