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)

kuhp'asuhtee (IPA: kəpˈæsəti)

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

1480 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (546 years ago)

Middle French | Latin

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

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

(includes some inflected forms)

capacities

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

incapacity

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

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

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

capacitor

(none among common words)

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)

Diminished Capacity

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

(none)

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