seating capacity
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- noun
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capacidad de asientos
- The auditorium has a seating capacity of 500, making it ideal for large events.
- seating capacity of the stadium
- total seating capacity
Examples
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Right now, two competing productions of Uncle Vanya are about to open in the West End, with a combined seating capacity of close to 1,500.
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By 1967, the rodeo had outgrown its original location, and Howard built the present arena with a seating capacity of 4,000.
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The seating capacity stays the same, but this time, we'll load the younger students first.
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We've doubled the seating capacity.
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The building currently provides shelf space for 1.4 million volumes and seating capacity for 1,300 people.
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Hydrofoils leave Hong Kong harbor every 15 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes after midnight; each has a seating capacity of over 200.
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The stadium will take up 13 acres and have a seating capacity of 25,000, comparable to Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.
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By 1929, Famous Players owned or had a major interest in 153 movie theaters, giving the chain a combined seating capacity of 165,000 (CMPD, March 16, 1929, 10).
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Please make a note of the new room for your Spring 1990 "Introduction to Economics," MWF 10:30 to 11:30: Old room: Red Stick Lecture Hall #2, seating capacity: 450.
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The board of aldermen, however, also commissioned a study "for the placement and erection of a coliseum with a seating capacity of 15,000 within the Civic Center complex," though the Spring Street-Techwood viaduct area was still an option.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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2.2
The maximum amount something can hold or store
How Many Seats
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the maximum number of people that can be seated' is directly and compositionally derived from 'seating' (space provided for people to sit) + 'capacity' (maximum amount or number). This straightforward noun–noun combination follows common compounding patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Seating capacity comes from the simple picture of counting all the seating or chairs to see a place's capacity, or how many people it can hold. So it means 'the maximum number of people that can be seated'.