capacity

nounadjectivecommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//kəˈpæsɪti//
United Kingdom//kəˈpasɪtɪj//
Scotland//kəˈpasɪte//
Scotland//-tɪ//
Scotland//-ti//

The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.

noun

1
The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
2
A measure of such ability; volume.
3
A measure of such ability; volume. The maximum amount that can be held.
It was hauling a capacity load.
The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
A factory operating at less than full capacity.
4
Capability; the ability to perform some task.
Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application. Either they never learn how to work, or, having learned, they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
5
The maximum that can be produced.
6
The maximum that can be produced. The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour.
7
The potential for growth and development.
8
The potential for growth and development. Mental ability; the power to learn.
9
A role; the position in which one functions.
10
A role; the position in which one functions. Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
11
Electrical capacitance.

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin capāx Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin capācitāsder. Old French capacitebor. Middle English capacite English capacity From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās (whence -acity), from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”).

adjective

1
Filling the allotted space.

Forms

plural: capacities

Cap · A nickname for the captain of a team, ship, etc.capability · The power or ability to generate an outcome.capable · Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific…

capacity · The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.

cape · A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast…Cape · A surname.capital · Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and…

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