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Definition of capacity in English: capacitynounPlural capacities kəˈpasɪtikəˈpæsədi 1in singular The maximum amount that something can contain. the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet the stadium's seating capacity mass noun the room was filled to capacity Example sentencesExamples - Only two hands went up in a room filled to capacity.
- However, in the past 12 months, the Midland Health Board extended the car parking facilities, which are rarely filled to capacity.
- St Lucia's small Passport Office located at the Police Headquarters is most times filled to capacity with lines stretching out the door
- Each scheme was filled to capacity with kids aged 4 to 12 years who took part in a wide range of games, activities and trips.
- When filled to capacity, it accommodated up to 400 cubic metres of ice.
- The new stadium in Amaravati township would have a seating capacity of 30,000 and was likely to cost over Rs 20 crore, Mr Rao said.
- Pam waited patiently with Dennis Rodman and Stephen Dorff as elevator after elevator went by, filled to capacity.
- One of 10 World Cup stadiums in South Korea, the Pusan World Cup Stadium has a seating capacity of 55,982.
- There was standing room only as the Anglican church was filled to capacity as 340 adults and five children of all faiths came to mark their respects for the dead and pray for the survivors.
- In my opinion, a buffet restaurant is the place where you can challenge the maximum capacity of your stomach and try to fill it to the fullest with as much food as you can.
- Built in 1960, the room has a maximum capacity of more than 250 people.
- Meetings to explain them have been filled to capacity, with standing room only.
- The lecture hall where Layton delivered his speech was filled to capacity and many students who showed up late had to be turned away at the door.
- They faced last-place Recreativo Huelva - not much of a draw - yet the enormous stadium was filled to capacity.
- These buses have a capacity of 115 passengers each, 65 seated and 50 standing, and all were filled to capacity.
- Camp Bucca, which has a maximum capacity of 6,000 detainees, is up to about 5,150.
- What a delightful Polynesian experience we had - on a luxury ship with a maximum capacity of only 320 passengers.
- Siu said the maximum actual use instead of the maximum capacity of swimming pools was used to decide the number of lifeguards deployed.
- The grandstand was not filled to capacity, so though we were ushered to seats according to the number on our tickets, we could move around if we wanted to.
- For his Sharks teammate Robinson, tomorrow's game at a capacity Twickenham completes his international collection.
- At 11 songs and just over 37 minutes, the album is almost exactly half the maximum capacity of a CD.
Synonyms volume, cubic measure size, dimensions, measurements, magnitude, proportions, amplitude room, space extent, range, scope, compass - 1.1as modifier Fully occupying the available area or space.
they played to a capacity crowd Example sentencesExamples - Johnny was a great favourite in Bourke's Lounge in the village where he played to capacity crowds on several occasions over the past decade.
- The emotion of the tour was palpable and everywhere they played, capacity crowds were there to welcome them.
- After a brief wait at the end of their set, the 500 - capacity crowd at Victoria Hall got to see the man they had waited for.
- Billy Graham was drawing capacity crowds around the world when John Paul II was still a junior professor in Poland.
- The match had all the essential ingredients of a footballing banquet, quality players with an abundance of skill and a near - capacity crowd.
- Tickets for both nights sold out within days of going on sale, bringing 30,000 capacity crowds to the venue.
- That's not to say today's decent, one-third capacity crowd would mind some big-hitting entertainment.
- The other comedians, Russell Howard, Nick Page, James Dowdeswell, Sarah Benetto and Milton Jones were all well received by the capacity crowd.
- This show has drawn capacity crowds over the previous two years and is likely to do so again.
- Kieran is one of the biggest attractions on the scene all over the Ulster region and is drawing capacity crowds to many venues.
- 1.2 The total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal combustion engine.
the cubic capacity is 1171 cc Example sentencesExamples - However, it differs in revised crankshaft and pistons, an increased cylinder capacity and larger intake and exhaust ports.
- The engines were just over 5.6 litres in capacity and were 8 cylinders in line.
- The ECJ was once again faced with a national fiscal measure that imposed a progressively higher tax based on the cylinder capacity of the car.
- These include a raised capacity, new cylinder block, pistons and crankshaft.
- 1.3
former term for capacitance Example sentencesExamples - Nickel Cadmium cells are better, but still lack capacity and pollute unless disposed of properly.
- When this happens, it becomes difficult to maintain the capacity of the unused battery.
- The bulb would get progressively dimmer and finally go out once the capacitor reached its capacity.
2The amount that something can produce. the company aimed to double its electricity-generating capacity when running at full capacity, the factory will employ 450 people Example sentencesExamples - South Africa has the most important refineries in the region with a total capacity of 650 000 barrels per day.
- The plant generally runs at full capacity from December through May and then undergoes two weeks of maintenance.
- Even when the plant is operating at full capacity, it will only be able to treat 60,000 tons annually.
- Volkswagen and General Motors plan to double their mainland production capacities in the next four years.
- A strike by French energy workers resulted in a cut of power production by 5,500 megawatts, or about five percent of total generation capacity.
- And businesses with plants not working at full capacity because of reduced demand are not likely to rush into a lot of new investments.
- The plant was operating at full capacity before the war, pulling millions of liters of water from the nearby river.
- At full capacity, the Polana factory is capable of producing 5500 tons in a year.
- Total capacity at the plant stands at 430,000 units, 80 percent of which are exported to various regions of the world.
- Especially that the good copper prices have indisputably encouraged mining companies to double their production capacity this year.
- The extra unit will also free up more space and enable the firm to double its production capacity.
- The port's deep-water dry bulk terminal currently handling Russian fertiliser exports has just doubled its throughput capacity.
- More of them may be operating at full capacity but they remain concerned about the cost of raw materials and the affect on them of interest and exchange rates.
- Once the mill is running at full capacity, Bell expects over 200 truck loads per day will cross the scales with an average load of 38 cubic metres.
- At full capacity the pipeline will provide 1% of the world's oil needs.
- The sales mean Boeing will be at full capacity through the end of this year, Commercial Airplanes Group Chief Executive Alan Mulally said last week.
- There are now 442 nuclear reactors operating worldwide with a total capacity of 300,000 megawatts.
- It plans to outsource the remaining 25% of its production capacity and expects to conclude this by August.
- The project at full capacity is designed to produce 12500 tons of zinc per month.
- Iran claims that over the next 20 years it intends to build several more reactors with a total capacity of 6,000 MW.
Synonyms efficiency, production, productiveness, work rate, output, yield, productive capacity - 2.1 The ability or power to do or understand something.
I was impressed by her capacity for hard work their intellectual capacities Example sentencesExamples - It will be soldiers who suffer the reactions and as usual the armchair hawks don't have the intellectual capacity to understand any of this.
- This system has the capacity to move a maximum of 2,000 people at any one time.
- I don't think Britain has the capacity to play a role independent from the US.
- The fact is that he had a huge capacity for understanding the minutiae of problems without effort so he did not need to strain himself.
- Wilson recognizes the amazing capacity for the camp experience to change the lives of inner-city youth in powerful ways.
- He explained that Ireland has the capacity to generate huge volumes of energy by harnessing off-shore wind.
- After all, many dogs seem to have some capacity for understanding language, and some dogs have quite a lot.
- A historian's understanding of the past and of the motives of the people who make history is bound to be influenced by his own experience and by his capacity for understanding human beings.
- Both kinds of experience can breed enduring insecurity in relationships and undermine the capacity for trust.
- Nearly every person who stepped up to back Kerry in Boston mentioned his courage and his capacity for strong leadership.
- However, currently it is doubtful whether a single international agency has the capacity or the moral authority to produce such a framework.
- The mayor said artistes had the capacity to contribute positively to the growth of the Zambian economic dream as the country could no longer rely on the copper industry.
- She explained that Invesco which is a franchise holder of Coca Cola International, had the capacity to improve standards and quality of the range of products.
- Intelligence is the capacity for learning and intuitive understanding.
- The problem lies with the capacity of the international community to react, not with its analysis or information gathering.
- I mean, it's your dream to do a role to the fullest capacity.
- The basic question posed by war is about the powers of endurance and capacity for sacrifice of the two sides.
- You have an infinite capacity for understanding people's problems and you can sympathize with them.
- There is a real gap today between the scope of the problems and the capacity of existing international institutions to handle them.
- Its capacity to bind both positively and negatively charged ions is also a consequence of it polarity.
Synonyms ability, power, potential, potentiality competence, competency, proficiency, accomplishment, adeptness, aptitude, aptness, faculty, skill, skilfulness, talent, flair cleverness, intelligence gift, strong point, forte, knack experience informal know-how - 2.2in singular A person's legal competence.
cases where a patient's testamentary capacity is in doubt Example sentencesExamples - He suffers very serious physical disabilities but has retained his mental competence and capacity.
- But ULH is simply a statutory corporation with the ordinary attributes of legal personality and a capacity to enter into contracts within its powers.
- Why is it necessary that the mentally incompetent should be given treatment to which they lack the capacity to consent?
- The Applicant in that case questioned the testamentary capacity of the deceased person.
- It was accepted that the second 1990 will had been duly executed, but the deceased's testamentary capacity was in issue.
- Both the majority and minority opinions concluded that the interpretation of the legal standard for capacity is a question of law.
- And in the situation postulated the patient no longer has the capacity to revoke his advance directive.
- In that case, there was a finding at first instance, which was not challenged in the Court of Appeal that the claimant did not have capacity to give her consent.
- Both Plaintiffs lacked any capacity to prosecute this Claim.
- Mr. Pascu, the applicant, asserts that the testator had testamentary capacity at the time the will was drafted.
- Mr Parker claimed that due to his mother's illness, she lacked the testamentary capacity to make a valid will.
Synonyms capability, ability, competency, proficiency, accomplishment, adeptness, adroitness, knowledge, expertise, expertness, skill, skilfulness, prowess, mastery, resources, faculties, facilities, talent, bent, aptitude, artistry, virtuosity
3in singular A specified role or position. I was engaged in a voluntary capacity writing in his capacity as legal correspondent Example sentencesExamples - It is an occasion in which society can acknowledge the generosity of so many people who give time to groups and organisations which work for the community in a voluntary capacity.
- Previously, he held the position in an acting capacity.
- Chang also said that if Lu made it to Budapest, she would be going there as a member of the DPP rather than in her capacity as the vice president of Taiwan.
- Some of the participants have remained involved with the project to assist in a voluntary capacity.
- I have simply written about the question in my capacity as a priest at St Edmund's Church.
- The backdrop to the visit, led by the prime minister in his capacity as EU president, is the relatively poor showing of British exporters.
- In Rome, military law derived from the imperium of magistrates in their capacity as commanders of the Roman military forces.
- Bibi Zainob Baksh attended in her capacity as president of the Ladies' Muslim Organization.
- Chereet has been involved with EF for fifteen years, working in a voluntary capacity since her retirement.
- His second role is in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer (chief minister) of Andhra Pradesh.
- In April, I attended the meeting of the primates of the Anglican Communion in my capacity as staff to the Presiding Bishop.
- The head of the Special Investigating Unit, on the other hand, was appointed by the President in his capacity as head of the government.
- Anne, who acts in a leadership capacity, describes her role in mentoring young women.
- Lee viewed the president's custodial role as excluding the capacity to hobble the government.
- The consortium - which serves in a voluntary capacity - is chaired by John Foley, chief executive of Waterford Crystal.
- He also totally failed to deliver the lectures which he was obliged to give in his capacity as Professor of Architecture at the Academy from 1798 to 1805.
- In their capacity as culture brokers boatmen also assume a position of authority when guiding pilgrims, selectively informing them about the city.
- This raised the question in his mind about the evolutionary role of such a capacity.
- Elmasry was not speaking on behalf of UW - he appeared in his capacity as the national president of the Canadian Islamic Congress.
- I'm doing this in my capacity as a private citizen and as an officer of the court.
Synonyms position, post, job, office, appointment role, function
Origin Late Middle English: from French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax, capac- 'that can contain', from capere 'take or hold'. Rhymes audacity, fugacity, loquacity, mendacity, opacity, perspicacity, pertinacity, pugnacity, rapacity, sagacity, sequacity, tenacity, veracity, vivacity, voracity Definition of capacity in US English: capacitynounkəˈpæsədikəˈpasədē 1in singular The maximum amount that something can contain. the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet the stadium's seating capacity the room was filled to capacity Example sentencesExamples - For his Sharks teammate Robinson, tomorrow's game at a capacity Twickenham completes his international collection.
- Siu said the maximum actual use instead of the maximum capacity of swimming pools was used to decide the number of lifeguards deployed.
- Each scheme was filled to capacity with kids aged 4 to 12 years who took part in a wide range of games, activities and trips.
- When filled to capacity, it accommodated up to 400 cubic metres of ice.
- These buses have a capacity of 115 passengers each, 65 seated and 50 standing, and all were filled to capacity.
- One of 10 World Cup stadiums in South Korea, the Pusan World Cup Stadium has a seating capacity of 55,982.
- The new stadium in Amaravati township would have a seating capacity of 30,000 and was likely to cost over Rs 20 crore, Mr Rao said.
- Camp Bucca, which has a maximum capacity of 6,000 detainees, is up to about 5,150.
- Meetings to explain them have been filled to capacity, with standing room only.
- In my opinion, a buffet restaurant is the place where you can challenge the maximum capacity of your stomach and try to fill it to the fullest with as much food as you can.
- What a delightful Polynesian experience we had - on a luxury ship with a maximum capacity of only 320 passengers.
- However, in the past 12 months, the Midland Health Board extended the car parking facilities, which are rarely filled to capacity.
- They faced last-place Recreativo Huelva - not much of a draw - yet the enormous stadium was filled to capacity.
- Built in 1960, the room has a maximum capacity of more than 250 people.
- At 11 songs and just over 37 minutes, the album is almost exactly half the maximum capacity of a CD.
- St Lucia's small Passport Office located at the Police Headquarters is most times filled to capacity with lines stretching out the door
- Pam waited patiently with Dennis Rodman and Stephen Dorff as elevator after elevator went by, filled to capacity.
- Only two hands went up in a room filled to capacity.
- There was standing room only as the Anglican church was filled to capacity as 340 adults and five children of all faiths came to mark their respects for the dead and pray for the survivors.
- The lecture hall where Layton delivered his speech was filled to capacity and many students who showed up late had to be turned away at the door.
- The grandstand was not filled to capacity, so though we were ushered to seats according to the number on our tickets, we could move around if we wanted to.
- 1.1as modifier Fully occupying the available area or space.
they played to a capacity crowd Example sentencesExamples - Billy Graham was drawing capacity crowds around the world when John Paul II was still a junior professor in Poland.
- This show has drawn capacity crowds over the previous two years and is likely to do so again.
- Tickets for both nights sold out within days of going on sale, bringing 30,000 capacity crowds to the venue.
- The emotion of the tour was palpable and everywhere they played, capacity crowds were there to welcome them.
- Johnny was a great favourite in Bourke's Lounge in the village where he played to capacity crowds on several occasions over the past decade.
- That's not to say today's decent, one-third capacity crowd would mind some big-hitting entertainment.
- After a brief wait at the end of their set, the 500 - capacity crowd at Victoria Hall got to see the man they had waited for.
- The other comedians, Russell Howard, Nick Page, James Dowdeswell, Sarah Benetto and Milton Jones were all well received by the capacity crowd.
- Kieran is one of the biggest attractions on the scene all over the Ulster region and is drawing capacity crowds to many venues.
- The match had all the essential ingredients of a footballing banquet, quality players with an abundance of skill and a near - capacity crowd.
- 1.2 The total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal combustion engine.
Example sentencesExamples - These include a raised capacity, new cylinder block, pistons and crankshaft.
- However, it differs in revised crankshaft and pistons, an increased cylinder capacity and larger intake and exhaust ports.
- The ECJ was once again faced with a national fiscal measure that imposed a progressively higher tax based on the cylinder capacity of the car.
- The engines were just over 5.6 litres in capacity and were 8 cylinders in line.
- 1.3
former term for capacitance Example sentencesExamples - The bulb would get progressively dimmer and finally go out once the capacitor reached its capacity.
- Nickel Cadmium cells are better, but still lack capacity and pollute unless disposed of properly.
- When this happens, it becomes difficult to maintain the capacity of the unused battery.
2The amount that something can produce. the company aimed to double its electricity-generating capacity when running at full capacity, the factory will employ 450 people Example sentencesExamples - A strike by French energy workers resulted in a cut of power production by 5,500 megawatts, or about five percent of total generation capacity.
- Even when the plant is operating at full capacity, it will only be able to treat 60,000 tons annually.
- The sales mean Boeing will be at full capacity through the end of this year, Commercial Airplanes Group Chief Executive Alan Mulally said last week.
- The plant generally runs at full capacity from December through May and then undergoes two weeks of maintenance.
- Iran claims that over the next 20 years it intends to build several more reactors with a total capacity of 6,000 MW.
- The project at full capacity is designed to produce 12500 tons of zinc per month.
- Total capacity at the plant stands at 430,000 units, 80 percent of which are exported to various regions of the world.
- Volkswagen and General Motors plan to double their mainland production capacities in the next four years.
- And businesses with plants not working at full capacity because of reduced demand are not likely to rush into a lot of new investments.
- There are now 442 nuclear reactors operating worldwide with a total capacity of 300,000 megawatts.
- The port's deep-water dry bulk terminal currently handling Russian fertiliser exports has just doubled its throughput capacity.
- More of them may be operating at full capacity but they remain concerned about the cost of raw materials and the affect on them of interest and exchange rates.
- The plant was operating at full capacity before the war, pulling millions of liters of water from the nearby river.
- At full capacity, the Polana factory is capable of producing 5500 tons in a year.
- Once the mill is running at full capacity, Bell expects over 200 truck loads per day will cross the scales with an average load of 38 cubic metres.
- At full capacity the pipeline will provide 1% of the world's oil needs.
- The extra unit will also free up more space and enable the firm to double its production capacity.
- South Africa has the most important refineries in the region with a total capacity of 650 000 barrels per day.
- Especially that the good copper prices have indisputably encouraged mining companies to double their production capacity this year.
- It plans to outsource the remaining 25% of its production capacity and expects to conclude this by August.
Synonyms efficiency, production, productiveness, work rate, output, yield, productive capacity - 2.1 The ability or power to do, experience, or understand something.
I was impressed by her capacity for hard work their intellectual capacities with infinitive his capacity to inspire trust in others Example sentencesExamples - She explained that Invesco which is a franchise holder of Coca Cola International, had the capacity to improve standards and quality of the range of products.
- Intelligence is the capacity for learning and intuitive understanding.
- Nearly every person who stepped up to back Kerry in Boston mentioned his courage and his capacity for strong leadership.
- I mean, it's your dream to do a role to the fullest capacity.
- The fact is that he had a huge capacity for understanding the minutiae of problems without effort so he did not need to strain himself.
- After all, many dogs seem to have some capacity for understanding language, and some dogs have quite a lot.
- There is a real gap today between the scope of the problems and the capacity of existing international institutions to handle them.
- He explained that Ireland has the capacity to generate huge volumes of energy by harnessing off-shore wind.
- Wilson recognizes the amazing capacity for the camp experience to change the lives of inner-city youth in powerful ways.
- I don't think Britain has the capacity to play a role independent from the US.
- This system has the capacity to move a maximum of 2,000 people at any one time.
- The basic question posed by war is about the powers of endurance and capacity for sacrifice of the two sides.
- You have an infinite capacity for understanding people's problems and you can sympathize with them.
- Both kinds of experience can breed enduring insecurity in relationships and undermine the capacity for trust.
- A historian's understanding of the past and of the motives of the people who make history is bound to be influenced by his own experience and by his capacity for understanding human beings.
- The mayor said artistes had the capacity to contribute positively to the growth of the Zambian economic dream as the country could no longer rely on the copper industry.
- It will be soldiers who suffer the reactions and as usual the armchair hawks don't have the intellectual capacity to understand any of this.
- The problem lies with the capacity of the international community to react, not with its analysis or information gathering.
- However, currently it is doubtful whether a single international agency has the capacity or the moral authority to produce such a framework.
- Its capacity to bind both positively and negatively charged ions is also a consequence of it polarity.
Synonyms ability, power, potential, potentiality - 2.2in singular A person's legal competence.
cases where a patient's testamentary capacity is in doubt Example sentencesExamples - But ULH is simply a statutory corporation with the ordinary attributes of legal personality and a capacity to enter into contracts within its powers.
- He suffers very serious physical disabilities but has retained his mental competence and capacity.
- The Applicant in that case questioned the testamentary capacity of the deceased person.
- Why is it necessary that the mentally incompetent should be given treatment to which they lack the capacity to consent?
- Mr Parker claimed that due to his mother's illness, she lacked the testamentary capacity to make a valid will.
- It was accepted that the second 1990 will had been duly executed, but the deceased's testamentary capacity was in issue.
- Both Plaintiffs lacked any capacity to prosecute this Claim.
- And in the situation postulated the patient no longer has the capacity to revoke his advance directive.
- Both the majority and minority opinions concluded that the interpretation of the legal standard for capacity is a question of law.
- In that case, there was a finding at first instance, which was not challenged in the Court of Appeal that the claimant did not have capacity to give her consent.
- Mr. Pascu, the applicant, asserts that the testator had testamentary capacity at the time the will was drafted.
Synonyms capability, ability, competency, proficiency, accomplishment, adeptness, adroitness, knowledge, expertise, expertness, skill, skilfulness, prowess, mastery, resources, faculties, facilities, talent, bent, aptitude, artistry, virtuosity
3in singular A specified role or position. I was engaged in a voluntary capacity writing in his capacity as legal correspondent Example sentencesExamples - Some of the participants have remained involved with the project to assist in a voluntary capacity.
- The consortium - which serves in a voluntary capacity - is chaired by John Foley, chief executive of Waterford Crystal.
- Anne, who acts in a leadership capacity, describes her role in mentoring young women.
- Elmasry was not speaking on behalf of UW - he appeared in his capacity as the national president of the Canadian Islamic Congress.
- In their capacity as culture brokers boatmen also assume a position of authority when guiding pilgrims, selectively informing them about the city.
- It is an occasion in which society can acknowledge the generosity of so many people who give time to groups and organisations which work for the community in a voluntary capacity.
- The head of the Special Investigating Unit, on the other hand, was appointed by the President in his capacity as head of the government.
- I have simply written about the question in my capacity as a priest at St Edmund's Church.
- In April, I attended the meeting of the primates of the Anglican Communion in my capacity as staff to the Presiding Bishop.
- Chereet has been involved with EF for fifteen years, working in a voluntary capacity since her retirement.
- Chang also said that if Lu made it to Budapest, she would be going there as a member of the DPP rather than in her capacity as the vice president of Taiwan.
- Lee viewed the president's custodial role as excluding the capacity to hobble the government.
- In Rome, military law derived from the imperium of magistrates in their capacity as commanders of the Roman military forces.
- Bibi Zainob Baksh attended in her capacity as president of the Ladies' Muslim Organization.
- I'm doing this in my capacity as a private citizen and as an officer of the court.
- His second role is in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer (chief minister) of Andhra Pradesh.
- This raised the question in his mind about the evolutionary role of such a capacity.
- The backdrop to the visit, led by the prime minister in his capacity as EU president, is the relatively poor showing of British exporters.
- Previously, he held the position in an acting capacity.
- He also totally failed to deliver the lectures which he was obliged to give in his capacity as Professor of Architecture at the Academy from 1798 to 1805.
Synonyms position, post, job, office, appointment
Origin Late Middle English: from French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax, capac- ‘that can contain’, from capere ‘take or hold’. |