English Explanatory Dictionary

capacity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
  2. A measure of such ability; volume.
  3. The maximum amount that can be held.
  4. Capability; the ability to perform some task.
  5. The maximum that can be produced.
  6. The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
  7. The potential for growth and development.
  8. Mental ability; the power to learn;
  9. A role; the position in which one functions.
  10. Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
  11. Electrical capacitance.
adj
  1. Filling the allotted space.

Pronunciation

/kəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/ En-us-capacity.ogg

Word forms

capacity capacities

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s 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, from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”).

Synonyms

ability technique aptitude capacity craft capability competency competence cunning dexterity ease facility hand knack list prowess moxie potential proficiency skill talent tekkers touch throughput

Related words

capac capacitance capacitate capacitation capacitive capacitor capacious

Derived words

ampacity biocapacity breaking capacity capacity planning capacity utilization capacity utilization rate carrying capacity cubic capacity diminished capacity field capacity finite capacity planning heat capacity incapacity legal capacity lung capacity molar heat capacity overcapacity pseudocapacity Shannon capacity specific heat capacity subcapacity supercapacity supracapacity uncapacity vital capacity capacity crowd

Translations

Albanian: nxënësi Albanian: kapacitet Arabic: سِعَة Belarusian: ёмістасць Belarusian: ёмасць Belarusian: умяшча́льнасць Belarusian: пако́ўнасць Belarusian: прадукцы́йнасць Belarusian: кампетэ́нтнасць Bengali: আওকাত Bulgarian: вмести́мост Bulgarian: капаците́т Bulgarian: производи́телност Bulgarian: компете́нтност Catalan: capacitat Chinese Mandarin: 容量 Danish: kapacitet Dutch: capaciteit Dutch: capaciteiten Dutch: hoedanigheid Finnish: kapasiteetti Finnish: vetävyys Finnish: tilavuus Finnish: tuotantokyky Finnish: tehtävä Finnish: asema French: capacité French: qualité Galician: capacidade German: Kapazität Greek: χωρητικότητα Greek: απόδοση Greek: θέση Greek: ιδιότητα Hindi: सामर्थ्य Hindi: क्षमता Indonesian: kapasitas Irish: acmhainn Irish: feidhmeannas Italian: tenuta Italian: resistenza Italian: capacità Italian: capienza Italian: qualità Japanese: 容量 Korean: 용량 Korean: 수용력 Korean: 생산력 Korean: 지위 Latin: capācitās Malay: isian Malay: muatan Malay: kapasiti Māori: kītanga Norwegian Bokmål: kapasitet Norwegian Nynorsk: kapasitet Occitan: capacitat Polish: pojemność Polish: stanowisko Portuguese: capacidade Romanian: capacitate Russian: ёмкость Russian: вмести́мость Russian: производи́тельность Russian: компете́нтность Serbo-Croatian: nosivost Spanish: capacidad Spanish: cabida Spanish: cabimiento Spanish: cupo Spanish: aforo Swedish: kapacitet Telugu: సామర్థ్యం Turkish: kapasite Ukrainian: є́мність Ukrainian: мі́сткість Ukrainian: поту́жність Ukrainian: продукти́вність Ukrainian: компете́нція Ukrainian: компете́нтність Hungarian: kapacitás Hungarian: minőség Azerbaijani: qisim Urdu: حَیثِیَت
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