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capacity
Part of Speech: noun
Results: 5
1. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.
2. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.
3. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
Examples of usage:
- This false step made me pass this judgment upon the Duke: that, though he was a person of very great parts, yet I questioned his capacity for the mighty things which he has not done, and of which some men thought him very capable. - "The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete", Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz.
- She is selfish, relying upon the patience and burden- bearing capacity of her father and mother, as well as the school. - "A Girl's Student Days and After", Jeannette Marks Commentator: Mary Emma Woolley.
- When at length the prayer had ended and the sermon began, every power of his mind was strained to its utmost capacity, and he listened as if for life. - "The Redemption of David Corson", Charles Frederic Goss.