Meaning of capacity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. capacity, capability, ability
2. The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
   countable, uncountable
3. Filling a space with the most it can hold: a capacity crowd at the concert.
4. capacity (measure of the ability to hold)
5. A measure of such ability; volume.
   countable, uncountable
6. a capacidad;vital ___ → ___ vital.
7. capacity (maximum that can be held)
8. The maximum amount that can be held.
   countable, uncountable
9. The ability to receive, hold, or absorb something: the storage capacity of a car's trunk.
10. capacity (maximum that can be produced)
11. Capability; the ability to perform some task.
    countable, uncountable
12. The power to learn or retain knowledge; mental ability.
13. The maximum that can be produced.
    countable, uncountable
14. The ability to do, make, or accomplish something; capability: a comedian's capacity for making people laugh.
15. The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
    countable, uncountable
16. The quality of being suitable for or receptive to specified treatment: the capacity of elastic to be stretched.
17. The potential for growth and development.
    countable, uncountable
18. The position in which one functions; role: in your capacity as sales manager.
19. Mental ability; the power to learn;
    countable, uncountable
20. Legal qualification or authority: the capacity to make an arrest.
21. A role; the position in which one functions.
    countable, uncountable
22. Electricity Capacitance.
    Electricity
23. Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
    countable, uncountable
24. Electrical capacitance.
    countable, uncountable
25. the ability or power to contain, absorb, or hold

Equivalents

Examples

“It was hauling a capacity load.”

“The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.”

“A factory operating at less than full capacity.”

“Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application. Either they never learn how to work, or, having learned, they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.”

“Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour.”

CEFR level