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- [kuh-pas-i-tee]
- /kəˈpæs ɪ ti/
- /kəˈpæsəti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuh-pas-i-tee]
- /kəˈpæs ɪ ti/
Definitions of capacity word
- variable noun capacity The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons. 4
- singular noun capacity The capacity of a building, place, or vehicle is the number of people or things that it can hold. If a place is filled to capacity, it is as full as it can possibly be. 4
- variable noun capacity Your capacity for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do. 3
- uncountable noun capacity The capacity of something such as a factory, industry, or region is the quantity of things that it can produce or deliver with the equipment or resources that are available. 3
- countable noun capacity The capacity of a piece of equipment is its size or power, often measured in particular units. 3
- adjective capacity A capacity crowd or audience completely fills a theatre, sports stadium, or other place. 3
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Origin of capacity
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English capacite < Middle French < Latin capācitāt- (stem of capācitās), equivalent to capāci-, stem of capāx roomy (cap(ere) to hold + -āci- adj. suffix) + -tāt- -ty2
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Parts of speech for Capacity
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
capacity popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
capacity usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for capacity
noun capacity
- scope — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- space — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- quantity — a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
- size — any of various gelatinous or glutinous preparations made from glue, starch, etc., used for filling the pores of cloth, paper, etc., or as an adhesive ground for gold leaf on books.
- proportions — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
Antonyms for capacity
noun capacity
- limitation — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
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