Capacity Definition
kə-păsĭ-tē
capacities
noun
capacities
The ability to contain, absorb, or receive and hold.
Webster's New World
The amount of space that can be filled; room for holding; content or volume.
A tank with a capacity of 21 gallons.
Webster's New World
The point at which no more can be contained.
Filled to capacity.
Webster's New World
The power of receiving and holding knowledge, impressions, etc.; mental ability.
Webster's New World
The ability or qualifications (for, or to do, something); aptitude.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- role
- place
- position
- mental ability
- capability
- content
- electrical capacity
- capacitance
- farad
- talent
- strength
- qualification
- potential
- virtuosity
- full
Antonyms:
adjective
Filling a space with the most it can hold.
A capacity crowd at the concert.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Capacity
Noun
Singular:
capacity
Plural:
capacitiesOrigin of Capacity
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From Middle English, from Old French capacite, from Latin capacitas, from capax (“able to hold much”), from capere (“to hold, contain”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English capacite from Old French from Latin capācitās from capāx capāc- spacious capacious
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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