"capacity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəˈpæsɪti/ Audio: en-us-capacity.ogg [US] Forms: capacity [singular], capacities [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=capacities}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The capacity of a container, room, etc. is how much it can hold. Tags: singular
    Sense id: simple-capacity-en-noun-Saw4S7YX
  2. The capacity of someone or something to do something is the ability to do it.
    Sense id: simple-capacity-en-noun-1pDaCq-N
  3. The capacity of a factory or business is how much it can produce.
    Sense id: simple-capacity-en-noun-9eVd8gwN
  4. If someone does something in a particular capacity, they are doing it in that role.
    Sense id: simple-capacity-en-noun-0Cynkw2j
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          "text": "The capacity of the bottle is 500 ml."
        },
        {
          "text": "The capacity of the hard drive is 120 GB."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm sorry, this pool only has a capacity of 100 people and I can't let any more in."
        },
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          "text": "If you fill it to capacity, you won't be able to carry it."
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          "text": "I was impressed by his energy and capacity for hard work."
        },
        {
          "text": "Since the head injury he has lost his capacity to learn new names."
        }
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        {
          "text": "It will soon be necessary to increase capacity at our Toronto plant to meet Canadian demand for the product."
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        {
          "text": "I am not writing to you in my capacity as your doctor, but as a friend."
        },
        {
          "text": "Sometimes I make decisions in my capacity as father that I don't like in my capacity as husband."
        },
        {
          "text": "He's been hired in a temporary capacity."
        }
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          "text": "The capacity of the bottle is 500 ml."
        },
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          "text": "The capacity of the hard drive is 120 GB."
        },
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          "text": "I'm sorry, this pool only has a capacity of 100 people and I can't let any more in."
        },
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          "text": "If you fill it to capacity, you won't be able to carry it."
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        {
          "text": "I was impressed by his energy and capacity for hard work."
        },
        {
          "text": "Since the head injury he has lost his capacity to learn new names."
        }
      ],
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          "text": "It will soon be necessary to increase capacity at our Toronto plant to meet Canadian demand for the product."
        }
      ],
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          "text": "I am not writing to you in my capacity as your doctor, but as a friend."
        },
        {
          "text": "Sometimes I make decisions in my capacity as father that I don't like in my capacity as husband."
        },
        {
          "text": "He's been hired in a temporary capacity."
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