capability
- noun
- /ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪti/
- Every student has the capability to learn new languages with enough practice.
- develop capabilities
- improve capabilities
- enhance capabilities
So most phones have the capability of reading and writing to this chip.
- So most phones have the capability of reading and writing to this chip.
- You have to have a really excellent ordering capability and predicting capability.
- These people have unique capabilities they've harnessed.
- So we felt that the our nuclear capability was offset the larger army.
- Is there a limit to our minds capability to actually understand reality?
- That sets the stage as far as the mental capabilities to really start to reverse things.
- And that's, that's a, a capability that Intel just just didn't have.
- Now for me, off road capability was more important than ride quality.
- We are our best government intelligence capabilities and our companies.
- I want to show you also the capabilities of things that I'm trying.
Examples
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So most phones have the capability of reading and writing to this chip.
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Microsoft announced their quantum computing capability, which is just next level.
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All of you have the capability of having faith.
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So we have the capability to do a two stage transfer.
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And we have got the capability to turn that down.
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Why is this capability so important for Japan?
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There are five countries now that have capability and soon they'll have more.
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We're placed here with certain talents and capabilities, and it's up to us to use those talents as best we can.
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Afghans are fighters and bring significant spirit and capability to the security forces.
Academic text (2011) -
These people have unique capabilities they've harnessed.
Synonyms
Ability to do something well because of practice or training
The ability to develop or succeed in the future
The ability to do, feel, or understand something
Ability to do a task well because of skill and knowledge
A natural talent for learning or doing something well
The skills and knowledge needed to do something well
An ability to do something easily and well
A natural ability to develop or become real in the future
The ability to do work and handle tasks well
The quality of having the skill or power to do something
Antonyms
Compounds
How strong a country's armed forces are, shown by soldiers, weapons, and readiness
How Capable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Capability comes from the same root as capacity, which originally meant 'room to hold'. Think of a container: its capacity is how much it can hold, and capability is the power or room you have to do something.