capacity
/kə'pæsiti/
Definition
- Noun:
- Maximum amount that can be contained or produced: The volume or quantity that a container, space, or system can hold or produce.
- Ability or power to do, experience, or understand something: The mental or physical aptitude to perform a specific function or task.
- Official role or position: The function, duty, or title in which a person is employed or acts.
- Electrical phenomenon of storing charge: In physics, the property of a system that enables it to store an electric charge.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The stadium has a capacity of 50,000 spectators.
- She has an extraordinary capacity for learning languages.
- He attended the meeting in his capacity as project manager.
- The capacity of this capacitor is 10 microfarads.
Advanced Usage
- "At capacity": Completely full; operating at the maximum possible level.
- The factory is operating at capacity to meet the high demand.
- "Capacity building": The process of developing and strengthening the skills, abilities, and resources of individuals or organizations.
- The NGO focuses on capacity building in rural communities.
- "In one's capacity as": While acting in a specific official role.
- In her capacity as CEO, she made the final decision.
Variants and Related Words
- Capacitor (n): A device used to store an electric charge, consisting of one or more pairs of conductors separated by an insulator.
- The circuit requires a new capacitor.
- Capacious (adj): Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
- She carried her books in a capacious bag.
Synonyms
- Volume: The amount of space that a substance or object occupies.
- Capability: The power or ability to do something.
- Role: The function assumed or part played by a person or thing in a particular situation.
Related Phrases
- Bearing capacity: The maximum load a structure or soil can support.
- The engineer calculated the bearing capacity of the foundation.
- Capacity utilization: The extent to which an enterprise or a nation uses its installed productive capacity.
- The report shows an improvement in capacity utilization this quarter.
Related Idioms
- Filled to capacity: Completely full.
- The concert hall was filled to capacity.
- Stretch one's capacity: To push the limits of one's abilities or resources.
- This challenging project will really stretch our capacity for innovation.
Noun
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tolerance for alcohol
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he had drunk beyond his capacity
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the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
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an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
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(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
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the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes
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a specified function
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he was employed in the capacity of director
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he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary
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the maximum production possible
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the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity
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the amount that can be contained
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the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons
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the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
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the capability of a metal to be fused
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capability to perform or produce
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among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism
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limited runway capacity
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a great capacity for growth
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