CAPABILITY


Meaning of CAPABILITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ keɪpəbɪlɪti ]

( capabilities)

1.

If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.

People experience differences in physical and mental capability depending on the time of day...

The standards set four years ago in Seoul will be far below the athletes’ capabilities now.

= ability

N-VAR : with supp , oft adj N , N to-inf

2.

A country’s military capability is its ability to fight in a war.

Their military capability has been reduced because their air force has proved not to be effective...

N-VAR : with supp , usu adj N , N to-inf

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