capability
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4.0
- noun
- /ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪti/
- Specialized
:
capacidad
- The researchers tested the machine's capability to operate under extreme conditions.
- technological capabilities
- system capabilities
- develop a capability
PDF has its own bitmap graphic capability that subsumes all of those.
- PDF has its own bitmap graphic capability that subsumes all of those.
- I don't think Israel, look it it's technical capabilities were on display and they were very good.
- Still, under the Armistice terms, Germany will have no offensive capability by land, sea or air.
- The dishwasher has tactile buttons and it also has Alexa capability.
- But they have like such an incredible vast arsenal of nuclear weapons and and nuclear capabilities.
- It just doesn't have the capability to to deploy forces in a in a reasonable amount of time.
- And it's hard to see how Israel can win that war in the sense of, say, destroying all of Iran's nuclear capabilities.
- Those minerals increase the basically the antifreeze capabilities of this crop.
- So he makes its capabilities less.
- So they're selected for certain capabilities, particularly side capabilities, OK.
Examples
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First, in the immediate future, a surge in investment in new energy supply capability will be urgently required.
Academic text (1991) -
How close is that government to developing a nuclear capability?
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"The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the western hemisphere."
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Their work involves the use of different kinds of equipment, with varying features, capability, and performance.
Academic text (2011) -
Politically, it would be completely unacceptable to have Iran with a nuclear capability and not the kingdom.
Academic text (2013) -
Both empires have the computer capability to take over the immediate administration of the conquered territory.
Fiction book (1992) -
Whenever the demands on the system exceed its functional capabilities, instability becomes evident.
Academic text (1999) -
Online auditing systems have inherent capabilities of automatically generating electronic records of auditing procedures.
Academic text (1999) -
It possesses capabilities our diagnostic instruments cannot measure and that we are... unable to comprehend.
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But overestimating terrorist capabilities and dismissing certain defensive tools because they are imperfect is dangerous, too.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.0
Skill or power to do something
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3.5
The ability to do, feel, or understand something
The quality of having the skill or power to do something
The ability to do work and handle tasks well
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.5
How strong a country's armed forces are, shown by soldiers, weapons, and readiness
How Susceptible
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6.8
- Specialized
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4.1
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7.1
- Specialized
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4.0
- Specialized
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4.1
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7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Capability comes from the same root as capacity, meaning 'room to hold'. In science and technology, capability often means how well something can accept or handle a treatment or condition, so the origin helps you remember its ability to be affected or to perform under certain conditions.