capacity
/kəˈpæsəti/ nounDefinition
CONTAIN [C, U] › the largest amount or number that a container, building, etc can hold: The restaurant has a capacity of about 200. The stadium was filled to capacity (= completely full).
PRODUCE [U] › the amount that a factory or machine can produce: The factory is operating at full capacity (= producing as much as possible).
ABILITY [C] › the ability to do, experience, or understand something: She has a great capacity for love.
JOB [C] › a position or job: He attended over 100 events last year in his capacity as mayor.
(Definition of capacity noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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