capacity

noun [C/U] (AMOUNT)

/kəˈpæs·ɪ·t̬i/

Definition

› the amount that can be held or produced by something: [C] The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000. [U] The theater was full to capacity that night.

(Definition of capacity noun (AMOUNT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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