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capacity
noun as in volume; limit of volume held
noun as in ability; competency
Strongest matches
capability, competence, efficiency, facility, power, readiness, skill, strength, talent
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adequacy, aptitude, aptness, bent, brains, caliber, cleverness, compass, faculty, forte, genius, gift, inclination, intelligence, knack, might, qualification, stature
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Example Sentences
Strickland’s lawsuit sought $75,000 in damages for “physical, mental, emotional, and economic injuries” from the incident, lost wages and earning capacity and past and future medical care and expenses.
Those are two things that humans have some capacity for, but we constantly fall short.
It also plans to use the new capital in part to scale its production capacity with increased automation.
On the other hand, more capacity means more weight, and if that’s something you’d prefer to avoid, consider a product with a smaller, lighter bag.
One strategist who said he received sexual solicitations from Weaver said he knew him at first in a professional capacity.
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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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