"capability" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ [UK], /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [UK], /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [US], [ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] [US], /ˌkæɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [General-Australian], [ˌkæɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-capability.wav Forms: capabilities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪti Etymology: Formed in Modern English as capable + -ity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{affix|en|capable|-ity}} capable + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} capability (countable and uncountable, plural capabilities)
  1. the power or ability to generate an outcome Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the power or ability to generate an outcome): կարողություն (karoġutʻyun) (Armenian), क्षमता (kṣamᵊtā) (Bhojpuri), способност (sposobnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), capacitat [feminine] (Catalan), توانا (twana) (Central Kurdish), ebleco (Esperanto), kapablo (Esperanto), eblo (Esperanto), pystyvyys (Finnish), kykenevyys (Finnish), kyky (Finnish), capacité [feminine] (French), capacidade [feminine] (Galician), შნო (šno) (Georgian), შესაძლებლობა (šesaʒlebloba) (Georgian), Fähigkeit [feminine] (German), क्षमता (kṣamtā) (Hindi), kapableso (Ido), kapabilitas (Indonesian), kemampuan (Indonesian), cumas [masculine] (Irish), capacità [feminine] (Italian), possibilità (Italian), 能力 (nōryoku) (Japanese), potentia [feminine] (Latin), способност (sposobnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), keupayaan (Malay), കഴിവ് (kaḻivŭ) (Malayalam), ശേഷി (śēṣi) (Malayalam), jargaght [feminine] (Manx), jargallys [masculine] (Manx), āheitanga (Maori), capacitat [feminine] (Occitan), możliwość [feminine] (Polish), zdolność [feminine] (Polish), capacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), capabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), schopnosť [feminine] (Slovak), spôsobilosť [feminine] (Slovak), zmožnost [feminine] (Slovene), capacidad [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. (computing) A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (in computing): mandato (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-capability-en-noun-jay93G70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'in computing': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: capability overhang, capernosity, immunocapability, incapability, limited-capability, negative capability Related terms: capable [adjective]

Inflected forms

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          "word": "შნო"
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          "roman": "šesaʒlebloba",
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          "word": "potentia"
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          "roman": "kaḻivŭ",
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          "word": "കഴിവ്"
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          "sense": "the power or ability to generate an outcome",
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      "word": "potentia"
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      "sense": "the power or ability to generate an outcome",
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      "sense": "the power or ability to generate an outcome",
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      "word": "zmožnost"
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