capacity

US /kəˈpæsɪti/

UK /kə'pæsətɪ/

B1

noun

  • Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
  • Largest amount of something that can be produced
  • Physical, emotional ability to do something
  • Person's job or role
  • The official position or function.

other

  • The ability to do something.
  • The maximum amount that something can contain.
  • The amount of data that can be stored.
  • The amount of electrical charge a capacitor can store.
  • The legal ability to enter into an agreement.
  • The ability to understand or learn things.
  • The amount that can be produced.

other

  • The maximum amount that something can contain.
  • The official position or function.