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" The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote."
Carol Moseley Braun

Meaning of "capacity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAPACITY

From Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx spacious, from capere to take.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CAPACITY

kəˈpæsɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPACITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Capacity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAPACITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Capacity

Capacity or capacities may refer to: ▪ Capacity, a legal term ▪ Capacities, an album by Up Dharma Down ▪ Capacity of a set, in mathematics ▪ Battery capacity, in electrical engineering ▪ Carrying capacity, in biology ▪ Channel capacity, in communications ▪ Combining capacity, in chemistry ▪ Heat capacity, in physics and chemistry ▪ Nameplate capacity, of a power plant ▪ Productive capacity, in economics ▪ Seating capacity ▪ the volume a container holds; see Volume: Related terms ▪ In traffic flow theory, the maximum traffic flow rate that may be attained...

Definition of capacity in the English dictionary

The first definition of capacity in the dictionary is the ability or power to contain, absorb, or hold. Other definition of capacity is the amount that can be contained; volume. Capacity is also the maximum amount something can contain or absorb.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAPACITY

audacity · fugacity · incapacity · inveracity · loquacity · mendacity · opacity · overcapacity · perspicacity · pertinacity · pervicacity · pugnacity · radio-opacity · radiopacity · rapacity · sagacity · salacity · veracity · vivacity · voracity

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPACITY

capability · Capablanca · capable · capableness · capably · capacious · capaciously · capaciousness · capacitance · capacitate · capacitation · capacities · capacitive · capacitively · capacitor · capacity attendance · capacity audience · capacity booking · capacity crowd · caparison

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPACITY

carrying capacity · city · contumacity · cubic capacity · cylinder capacity · disk capacity · edacity · excess capacity · heat capacity · industrial capacity · inefficacity · megacity · memory capacity · mordacity · seating capacity · specific heat capacity · storage capacity · tenacity · unveracity · vital capacity · warehouse capacity

Synonyms and antonyms of capacity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAPACITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «capacity» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «capacity» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAPACITY

Find out the translation of capacity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of capacity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «capacity» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

容量
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

capacidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

capacity
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

क्षमता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قُدْرَة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

способность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

capacidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ধারণক্ষমতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

capacité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kapasiti
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Kapazität
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

収容力
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

수용량
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kapasitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khả năng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

திறன்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

क्षमता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kapasite
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

capacità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zdolność
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

здатність
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

capacitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

capacity
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kapasiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kapacitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kapasitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of capacity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPACITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of capacity
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «capacity».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about capacity

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «CAPACITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word capacity.
1
Alfred Amoroso
DivX Plus Streaming is adaptive bit rate streaming solutions, which means it works by detecting a user bandwidth and CPU capacity in real time and adjusting the quality of the video stream accordingly.
2
John Ashcroft
We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.
3
Zygmunt Bauman
Capitalism proceeds through creative destruction. What is created is capitalism in a 'new and improved' form - and what is destroyed is self-sustaining capacity, livelihood and dignity of its innumerable and multiplied 'host organisms' into which all of us are drawn/seduced one way or another.
4
Andrew J. Bernstein
We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.
5
Carol Moseley Braun
The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.
6
Julia Margaret Cameron
The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.
7
Pablo Casals
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
8
Cheryl Cole
I couldn't see a future of doing anything other than performing. I didn't like school if I'm being honest. I would have settled for performing in any capacity.
9
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
I think we all have the capacity of evil in us.
10
Norman Cousins
The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPACITY»

Discover the use of capacity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to capacity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Capacity
Intricate, even exquisite - but never immaculate, Theo Ellsworth's Capacity is a mind turned inside out.
‎2008
2
Building Leadership Capacity for School Improvement
The central message of this book is one of investing in leadership at all levels within the organization to maintain and sustain school improvement.
Alma Harris, 2003
3
Max Capacity Training: How Unconventional Workouts Can Turn ...
Teaches you how to get the most out of your workouts based on a plan with 3 innovative time delimited protocols.
Samy Peyret, 2011
4
Capacity Management: A Practitioner Guide
Aligns with ISO/IEC 2000 and ITIL ISO/IEC lists a set of required capacity management deliverables ITIL outlines what should be done in capacity management this book starts to describe how to do it Covers details of what capacity management ...
Adam Grummitt, 2009
5
Guerrilla Capacity Planning: A Tactical Approach to Planning ...
Rather than giving up in the face of this kind of relentless pressure to get things done faster, Guerrilla Capacity Planning facilitates rapid forecasting of capacity requirements based on the opportunistic use of whatever performance data ...
Neil J. Gunther, 2007
6
Parenting Beyond Your Capacity: Connect Your Family to a ...
When parents work in tandem with the faith community to raise their children, they increase their parenting capacity exponentially.
Reggie Joiner, Carey Nieuwhof, 2010
7
Building Leadership Capacity in Schools
Looks at leadership in schools and offers stories of three schools--an elementary school with low leadership capacity, a middle school with moderate leadership capacity, and a high school with high leadership capacity--revealing how ...
Linda Lambert, 1998
8
Capacity Management
This book covers the requirements for the capacity management process in clause 6.5 of ISO/IEC 20000. It describes the capacity management process and its role as a link between business plans, workloads, capacity and performance.
Jenny Dugmore, 2006
9
Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Development
The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC) has presented strong evidence that human-induced climatechange is occurring and that all countries of the world will beaffected and need to adapt to impacts.
‎2003
10
Capacity-building: An Approach to People-centred Development
This book considers specific and practical ways in which NGO's can contribute to enabling people to build on the capacities they already possess.
Deborah Eade, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPACITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term capacity is used in the context of the following news items.
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AG Maura Healey's office to study regional natural gas capacity
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has announced a comprehensive, months-long, review of electricity reliability and the ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
2
EuroCCP upgrades capacity to deal with wild market swings
EuroCCP, Europe's largest equities clearing house, has upgraded the capacity of its systems to cope with the large swings in market liquidity ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Ameren Illinois joins call for MISO capacity auction scrutiny
Ameren Illinois has filed comments with FERC, asking regulators to examine a controversial capacity planning auction in the Midcontinent ISO ... «Utility Dive, Jul 15»
4
Samsung boosts storage of high-capacity SSDs to a hefty 2 TB
It continues to forge ahead with its high-capacity vision for consumer-oriented, flash memory storage solutions with the addition of a pair of 2TB ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»
5
G7 Endorses African Risk Capacity Program as Model for Climate …
An announcement from African Risk Capacity (ARC) notes that “G7 leaders have singled out Africa's first parametric catastrophe insurance pool ... «Insurance Journal, Jul 15»
6
Spain Biopower Market Outlook 2025 – Capacity, Generation
“Biopower in Spain, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2015 – Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
7
Low Capacity Portable Generator: Global Market and Outlook for the …
There are two types of portable generators: low-capacity and high-capacity. ... Technavio's analysts forecast the global low-capacity portable ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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AG will complete natural gas capacity study by October
With Gov. Charlie Baker and industry interests pushing for more natural gas capacity in the region, Attorney General Maura Healey on Monday ... «Sentinel & Enterprise, Jul 15»
9
Appalachian Power expects shortfall from PJM capacity
Appalachian Power expects to have a capacity shortfall because of PJM Interconnection's capacity performance rule, the company said in an ... «Platts, Jul 15»
10
WHO lacks 'capacity, culture' to tackle global health emergencies
The World Health Organisation does not have the 'capacity and culture' to tackle global health emergencies, the chairman of a new ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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