capacity

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 59.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
2. noun A measure of such ability; volume. The maximum amount that can be held.

   It was hauling a capacity load.

3. noun The maximum amount that can be held.

   It was hauling a capacity load.

4. noun Capability; the ability to perform some task.
5. noun The maximum that can be produced.

   Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour.

6. noun 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. noun The potential for growth and development. Mental ability; the power to learn.
8. noun Mental ability; the power to learn.

Similar words

capability content capacitance electrical capacity mental ability power position extent resilience scope

Often followed by

of to for and is in as was or

Word family

capacities