capacity, n.
(capacities)
freq. cnt. 34
(capacities)
freq. cnt. 34
capability to perform or produce
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 15
capacity
sample sentences
"among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism""limited runway capacity"
"a great capacity for growth"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
capability capacity
sample sentences
"the capability of a metal to be fused"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
the amount that can be contained
<noun.quantity> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2
capacity content
sample sentences
"the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
the maximum production possible
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
capacity
sample sentences
"the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a specified function
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
capacity
sample sentences
"he was employed in the capacity of director""he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"
semantic pointers
hypernym
tolerance for alcohol
<noun.attribute>
capacity
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
<noun.cognition>
capacity mental ability
lexical pointers
antonym
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
<noun.phenomenon> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
capacitance capacity electrical capacity
semantic pointers
hypernym
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
<noun.quantity>
capacity
sample sentences
"the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
hyponym