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Sounds | kahpae'sahtiy; kahpae'sihtiy |
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Rhymes | ability, abnormality, absentee, and 620 more rhymes in tiy at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Ability to perform or produce. |
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Broader | capability, capableness |
Contrary | incapacity |
Verbs | capacitate; capacitate |
Meaning | The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment. |
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Synonyms | capability |
Narrower | activity |
Broader | susceptibility, susceptibleness |
Meaning | The amount that can be contained. |
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Examples | "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" |
Synonyms | content |
Narrower | vital capacity |
Broader | volume |
Meaning | The maximum production possible. |
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Examples | "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity" |
Broader | production |
Meaning | A specified function. |
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Examples | "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary" |
Broader | function, office, part, role |
Meaning | (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive. |
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Examples | "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes" |
Category | computer science, computing |
Narrower | formatted capacity; unformatted capacity |
Broader | indefinite quantity |
Meaning | An electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored. |
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Synonyms | capacitance, electrical capacity |
Broader | electrical phenomenon |
Meaning | The power to learn or retain knowledge. In law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior. |
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Synonyms | mental ability |
Narrower | prescience, prevision |
Broader | ability, power |
Contrary | incapacity |
Meaning | Tolerance for alcohol. |
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Examples | "he had drunk beyond his capacity" |
Broader | tolerance |