"capacity" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "capacity",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capacities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "capacities"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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."
        },
        {
          "text": "If you fill it to capacity, you won't be able to carry it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The capacity of a container, room, etc. is how much it can hold."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The capacity of someone or something to do something is the ability to do it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-capacity-en-noun-1pDaCq-N",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It will soon be necessary to increase capacity at our Toronto plant to meet Canadian demand for the product."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The capacity of a factory or business is how much it can produce."
      ],
      "id": "simple-capacity-en-noun-9eVd8gwN",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone does something in a particular capacity, they are doing it in that role."
      ],
      "id": "simple-capacity-en-noun-0Cynkw2j",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈpæsɪti/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/k@\"p{sIti/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-capacity.ogg",
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "capacity"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "capacity",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capacities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "2": "capacities"
      },
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      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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."
        },
        {
          "text": "If you fill it to capacity, you won't be able to carry it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The capacity of a container, room, etc. is how much it can hold."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The capacity of someone or something to do something is the ability to do it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It will soon be necessary to increase capacity at our Toronto plant to meet Canadian demand for the product."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The capacity of a factory or business is how much it can produce."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone does something in a particular capacity, they are doing it in that role."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈpæsɪti/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/k@\"p{sIti/"
    },
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "capacity"
}