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    Capacity

    Definitions

    1 | noun | capability to perform or produce 2 | noun | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment 3 | noun | the amount that can be contained 4 | noun | the maximum production possible 5 | noun | a specified function 6 | noun | (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive 7 | noun | an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored 8 | noun | the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior 9 | noun | tolerance for alcohol (9 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    kuhp'asuhtee (IPA: kəpˈæsəti)

    Hyphenation

    ca-pac-i-ty (8 letters | 4 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1480 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (545 years ago)

    Word origins

    Middle French | Latin

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 1673rd most common (1 in 15873 words) ( > 99% noun)

    spoken: 2145th most common (1 in 41667 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    capacities

    Synonyms

    aptitude | capability | content | electrical capacity | mental ability (total: 5)

    Antonym

    incapacity

    Narrower terms

    activity | resistance | vital capacity | formatted capacity | unformatted capacity | prescience | prevision (total: 7)

    Broader terms

    capability | capableness | susceptibility | susceptibleness | volume | production | function | office | part | role | indefinite quantity | electrical phenomenon | ability | power | tolerance (total: 15)

    Rhymes

    audacity | incapacity | mendacity | opacity | tenacity | veracity | voracity (total: 7) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    capacitor

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    British capacity unit | capacity measure | capacity unit | channel capacity | electrical capacity | field capacity | Imperial capacity unit | mental capacity | metric capacity unit | seating capacity (total: 10)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 容量 (noun) Hindi: | क्षमता (noun) Arabic: | سِعَة (noun) Spanish: | capacidad (container) | volumen (container) | medios (finance) | recursos (finance) | capacidad (finance) | capacidad (electricity) | calidad (person) | papel (person) | capacidad (capability) | aptitud (capability) | habilidad (capability) | competencia (capability) French: | capacité (container) | contenance (container) | moyens (finance) | ressources (finance) | possibilités (finance) | capacité (electricity) | qualité (person) | rôle (person) | capacité (capability) | compétence (capability) | habileté (capability) | aptitude (capability) | talent (capability) | faculté (capability) | pouvoir (capability)

    Other notable uses

    Diminished Capacity

    capacity.com | capacity.net | capacity.org | capacity.info | capacity.biz (total: 5)

    Crossword puzzle clues

    (none)

    Scrabble score

    17 (International English) | 17 (North American English)

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