Betekenis van handicap In het Nederlands

• 0 a condition in which part of your body or mind has been permanently damaged or does not work normally. This word is now considered offensive by many people, who prefer the word disability:

  • a physical handicap

  • In cases of severe mental handicap, constant supervision is recommended.

• 1 something that makes it difficult for you to do something:

  • I found that not having a car was quite a handicap while on holiday.

• 2 a disadvantage given to a person taking part in a game or competition in order to reduce their chances of winning, or a sports event in which such disadvantages are given:

  • Handicaps give people with different abilities an equal chance of winning.

  • My current golf handicap is nine.

• 3 to make something more difficult to do:

  • Rescue efforts have been handicapped by rough seas and hurricane-force winds.

• 4 a physical or mental condition that makes ordinary activities more difficult than they are for other people:

  • His loss of hearing was a severe handicap.

• 5 something that causes unusual difficulties:

  • Their lack of knowledge of computer programming was not much of a handicap for them.

• 6 (in a sports competition) a disadvantage given to a strong competitor in order to give weaker competitors a better chance of winning:

  • a golf handicap

• 7 to make something unusually difficult:

  • Rescue efforts have been handicapped by bad weather.