capacity
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2.2
- noun
- /kəˈpæsɪti/
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capacidad
- The factory is operating at maximum capacity to meet growing demand.
- spare capacity
- storage capacity
- production capacity
I don't even have the capacity or the room left.
- I don't even have the capacity or the room left.
- You could leave enough residual capacity of small units.
- Do I have the the lung capacity give it a go.
- And clearly to allow Iran to have breakout capacity is a danger to us all.
- that has three times the capacity of this hole.
- Also the Sinaloa cartels capacity to meet demand lowered.
- But you got to remember guys, these are high capacity dims, Dang.
- The but they absorb all of that capacity within the country right now.
Examples
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We seem to have a limited capacity to produce more stem cells.
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Higher-order thinking skills involve the capacity to see the big picture and make connections.
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But it is something which has the capacity to grow.
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We are at capacity every night!
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- The ship was operating at full capacity!
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The international community can help developing countries build the capacity necessary to implement these policies.
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Political skepticism reflects doubt in the capacity of government to improve citizens' quality of life.
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Educators need to prepare professionals to develop the capacity to work in fluid, changing, and uncertain circumstances.
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Hotels are at capacity.
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Can we copy the water lily's capacity to thrive in communities, to move, to reproduce asexually?
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Synonyms
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3.9
A large amount of something, often items or activity
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The amount of liquid tanks can hold
A large open space that can hold many people
Compounds
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Largest amount of data a channel can send without errors, usually measured in bits per second
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Amount of electric charge a device can store, like a capacitor
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A unit used to measure how much a container can hold, like a liter or gallon
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A unit for measuring how much liquid a container holds, like a liter or a gallon
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An amount of resources a plan gives for services like storage or computer power
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The usable storage space on a disk when you prepare it for use, excluding space used by system information
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The number showing how much more heat a material needs at constant pressure than at constant volume
A unit that measures volume in the British Imperial system, like a gallon or pint
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Surface Forms
Morphology
capacity = capac + ity
This physical/container sense ('maximum amount something can hold') directly matches the basic notion behind the stem (able to hold), so learners who recognise the notion of 'holding' can infer this meaning more easily than the abstract senses.
Etymology
Capacity comes from Latin capere 'to hold' and capax 'able to hold', and the same root is in capable and capture. Think of a cup that can only hold a certain amount of water; capacity is the maximum something can contain.