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countable and uncountable, plural capacities
The ability to hold, receive, or absorb examples
A measure of such ability; volume examples
The maximum amount that can be held examples
Capability; the ability to perform some task quotations examples
Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application. Either they never learn how to work, or, having learned, they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
1929, Calvin Coolidge, The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, page 171
The maximum that can be produced. examples
Mental ability; the power to learn examples
A faculty; the potential for growth and development examples
A role; the position in which one functions examples
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example) examples
Electrical capacitance. examples
(operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group. examples
Filling the allotted space. examples