handicap

n.

1. Sports & Games.
   1. A race or contest in which contestants are given advantages or compensations to equalize the chances of winning.
   2. Such an advantage or penalty.
2. A physical or mental disability. See synonyms at disadvantage.
3. A hindrance.

tr.v., -capped, -cap·ping, -caps.

1. Sports & Games. To assign handicaps or a handicap to (a contestant).
2. To cause to be at a disadvantage; impede.

[From obsolete hand in cap, a game in which forfeits were held in a cap.]

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noun

1. A factor conducive to superiority and success: advantage, head start, odds, start, vantage. See help/harm/harmless.
2. An unfavorable condition, circumstance, or characteristic: detriment, disadvantage, drawback, minus. See help/harm/harmless.

n

Definition: advantage
Antonyms: disadvantage, drawback, impairment, limitation, restriction, shortcoming

n

Definition: disadvantage
Antonyms: advantage, benefit, help

v

Definition: give disadvantage
Antonyms: aid, assist, benefit, further, give advantage, help, promote

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n

A disability that hinders effective function; may involve any combination of physical, emotional, or social factors.

A term sometimes applied to a person suffering from a physical or mental disability (as opposed to illness). The word probably comes from the phrase 'hand i' (in) cap', referring to a 17th-century sporting lottery in which the contestants deposited forfeit money in a cap or hat. Later, in horse racing, it referred to the extra weight which various horses were required by the umpire to carry in order to penalize the superior animals and so even out the contest. Since the 19th century the term has been applied to any disability in a contest.

(Published 1987)

See also mental handicap; subnormality.

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IN BRIEF: Something that holds a person back or makes things harder.

Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. — Lazurus Long

Dansk (Danish)
n. - handicap, hindring, vanskelighed
v. tr. - handicappe, hindre, belaste

Nederlands (Dutch)
handicap, hindernis, nadeel, gebrek, invaliditeit

Français (French)
n. - infirmité, (Sport) handicap, handicap (une course), handicap (golf)
v. tr. - handicaper

Deutsch (German)
n. - Behinderung, Vorgabe
v. - behindern, handicapen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσικό) μειονέκτημα, εμπόδιο, (φυσική) αναπηρία, τεχνητό πλεονέκτημα ή μειονέκτημα συναγωνιζόμενου (κν. χάντικαπ)
v. - (παρ)εμποδίζω, δυσχεραίνω, (αθλοπ.) βάζω χάντικαπ

Italiano (Italian)
ostacolo, handicap

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vantagem (f), desvantagem (f)
v. - oferecer uma vantagem, dificultar

Русский (Russian)
уравнивать условия, быть помехой, помеха, физический или умственный недостаток

Español (Spanish)
n. - estorbo, obstáculo, minusvalía, discapacidad
v. tr. - estorbar, perjudicar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - handikapp (äv. sport)
v. - handikappa, ge handikapp (sport)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
障碍, 困难, 加障碍于, 妨碍

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 障礙, 困難
v. tr. - 加障礙於, 妨礙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 핸디캡, 핸디캡이 붙은 경주, 불이익, 신체 장애
v. tr. - 불리한 지위에 세우다, 핸디캡을 붙이다, 방해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ハンディ, ハンディ付きの競技, 不利, 障害, ハンディキャップ
v. - ハンディを付ける, 不利な条件下に置く, ハンディキャップを付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سباق العدل تعطى فيه أفضليه للضعيف على القوي بحيث تصبح فرص الكسب متكافئه, عائق, عقبه (فعل) يقيم العدل أو التكافؤ في سباق, يعوق, يشكل عائقا ل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מכשול, מגרעת, עמדה נחותה, נטל נוסף (בתחרות), נכות‬
v. tr. - ‮הגביל, עיכב, נכות‬

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