capacities

Meaning of capacities

plural noun
  1. the maximum amount that something can contain.
    the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet
    the stadium's seating capacity
    the room was filled to capacity
  2. the amount that something can produce.
    the company aimed to double its electricity-generating capacity
    when running at full capacity, the factory will employ 450 people
  3. a specified role or position.
    I was engaged in a voluntary capacity
    writing in his capacity as legal correspondent

late Middle English: from French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax, capac- ‘that can contain’, from capere ‘take or hold’.

Information about capacities

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of capacities is: capacity.
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Hyphenation of capacities

ca-pac-i-ties

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • capacities is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

capacities synonyms

Meaning the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container:

volume

Meaning the relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is:

size

Meaning a measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height:

dimensions

Meaning the size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring:

measurements

Meaning size:

magnitude

Meaning a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole:

proportions

Meaning the maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation, measured from the position of equilibrium:

amplitude

Meaning opportunity or scope for something to happen or be done:

room

Meaning a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied:

space

Meaning the area covered by something:

extent

Meaning the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale:

range

Meaning the opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something:

scope

Meaning an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it:

compass

Meaning a job:

position

Meaning a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker:

post

Meaning a responsibility or duty:

job

Meaning a position of authority or service, typically one of a public nature:

office

Meaning an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place:

appointment

Meaning the function assumed or part played by a person or thing in a particular situation:

role

Meaning an activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing:

function

Words that rhyme with capacities

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