capacity

CAPACITY definition: 1. the total amount that can be contained or produced: 2. someone's ability to do a particular…. Learn more.

the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained; cubic contents; volume: The inn is filled to capacity. The gasoline tank has a capacity of 20 gallons. power of …

1. a. The ability to receive, hold, or absorb something: the storage capacity of a car's trunk. b. The maximum amount that can be contained: a bin filled to capacity. 2. The power to learn or retain knowledge; mental ability. 3. a. The ability to do, make, or accomplish something; capability: a comedian's capacity for making people laugh. b.

1. : legal competency (see competence sense 1) or fitness. capacity to stand trial. 2. a. : the potential or suitability for holding, storing, or accommodating. a large seating capacity. b. …

capacity noun (ability) [ S ] someone's ability to do a particular thing: capacity to A good leader must have the capacity to make decisions. beyond the capacity of Developing a …

Check pronunciation: capacity. Definition of capacity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

the largest amount or number that a container, building, etc can hold: The restaurant has a capacity of about 200. The stadium was filled to capacity (= completely full).

noun. a specified function. "he was employed in the capacity of director". "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary". see more. noun. the amount that can be contained. "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons". synonyms: content.

Synonyms for CAPACITY: volume, load, area, real estate, complement, cubage, space, fill; Antonyms of CAPACITY: unemployment, avocation, joblessness, inability, disability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency.

1 [uncountable, countable, usually singular] the number of things or people that a container or space can hold The theater has a seating capacity of 2,000. a fuel tank with a capacity of 50 gallons The hall was filled to capacity (= was completely full).