noun
1 amount held/produced
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , large
▪
a high-capacity electric pump
▪
large-capacity disk drives
▪ limited , small
▪ maximum , total
▪
a total ~ of 10 gallons
▪ additional , excess , spare
▪
excess ~ in the oil industry
▪ carrying , production , seating , storage
▪ nuclear
▪ lung
▪ engine , fuel
▪ disk , memory
▪ economic , productive
▪ earning
▪
The qualification should increase my earning ~.
VERB + CAPACITY
▪ have
▪ expand , increase
▪ reduce
CAPACITY + NOUN
▪ audience , crowd
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
The system was already at ~.
PHRASES
▪ be filled to ~ , be packed to ~
▪
The stadium was filled to ~ ( = was full ).
▪ operate at full ~ , work at full ~ (= to produce the maximum amount possible)
2 ability
ADJECTIVE
▪ amazing , enormous , great , infinite , remarkable
▪ limited
▪ innate , natural
▪
Children have an innate ~ to understand language.
▪ intellectual , mental
▪ human
▪
the human ~ for compassion
VERB + CAPACITY
▪ demonstrate , have , possess
▪ develop
▪ lack , lose
▪
She seems to have lost the ~ to enjoy herself.
▪ enhance , increase
▪ reduce , restrict
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond sb's ~
▪
These questions are beyond the ~ of most students.
▪ within sb's ~
▪
The mountain walk is well within the ~ of most fit people.
▪ ~ for
▪
her amazing ~ for organization
3 official position
ADJECTIVE
▪ official
▪ personal , private , unofficial ( esp. BrE )
▪ professional
▪ voluntary ( esp. BrE )
▪ acting , caretaker ( BrE )
▪ advisory
▪ judicial ( esp. BrE )
VERB + CAPACITY
▪ act in , work in
▪
I have worked in an advisory ~ with many hospitals.
PREPOSITION
▪ in your ~
▪
In my ~ as president, I would like to thank Jack for his hard work.