(capacities)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do.
Our ~ for giving care, love and attention is limited...
Her mental ~ and temperament are as remarkable as his.
...people’s creative capacities.
N-VAR: oft with poss, N for n/-ing, N to-inf
2.
The ~ of something such as a factory, industry, or region is the quantity of things that it can produce or deliver with the equipment or resources that are available.
Bread factories are working at full ~...
The region is valued for its coal and vast electricity-generating ~...
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3.
The ~ of a piece of equipment is its size or power, often measured in particular units.
...an aircraft with a bomb-carrying ~ of 454 kg.
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4.
The ~ of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
...the fuel tanks, which had a ~ of 140 litres...
Grease 6 ramekin dishes of 150 ml (5-6 fl oz) ~.
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5.
The ~ of a building, place, or vehicle is the number of people or things that it can hold. If a place is filled to ~, it is as full as it can possibly be.
Each stadium had a seating ~ of about 50,000...
Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to ~.
N-SING: also no det, oft to N
6.
A ~ crowd or audience completely fills a theatre, sports stadium, or other place.
A ~ crowd of 76,000 people was at Wembley football stadium for the event.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
If you do something in a particular ~, you do it as part of a particular job or duty, or because you are representing a particular organization or person. (WRITTEN)
Ms Halliwell visited the Philippines in her ~ as a Special Representative of Unicef...
This article is written in a personal ~...
N-COUNT: with supp, in N, oft poss N as n