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capacity

Definition for capacity

noun as in volume; limit of volume held

noun as in ability; competency

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Example Sentences

Specifically, the pilots got themselves into a high altitude stall, where the wings lose the capacity to provide lift.

It is all too easy to be despondent in the face of what seems like the endless capacity of evil to reinvent itself.

Foxx says that he thinks this generation has the capacity to keep pushing through racial barriers.

For example, since 2011 it has been adding 30 per cent more capacity per year on flights to Puerto Rico.

First up is the larger wash still, its capacity ranging from 25,000 to 30,000 liters.

Wasn't the dead man stretched in the shadow convincing proof of their capacity for pure devilishness?

This widening grasp of languages is or was within the capacity of nearly everyone born into the world—given the facilities.

Here and there exceptional industry or extraordinary capacity raised the artisan to wealth and turned the "man" into the "master."

There was a while when I developed a marvelous capacity for dodging invitations to Fort Walsh.

It is said that his bold spirit, his capacity for work and his great influence daunted his most determined opponents.

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On this page you'll find 185 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to capacity, such as: quantity, scope, size, space, accommodation, and amplitude.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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