noun · neutral
capacity
/kəˈpæsəti/ca·PAS·i·ty
the maximum amount something can contain or a person's/organisation's ability to do something
Examples
“The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.”
“Teachers have limited capacity to help every struggling student.”
“We should expand hospital capacity during a pandemic.”
Band 8 sentence
“Hospitals must rapidly expand their capacity during health crises, which requires both infrastructure and trained staff.”
Collocations
- seating capacity
- capacity to do sth
- increase capacity
Word family
Common mistakes
The university has many capacity to accept students.→The university has the capacity to accept many students.
He doesn't have capacity to do that job.→He doesn't have the capacity to do that job.
Say it for a higher band
5size→6space→7+capacity
Synonyms
ability
capability
Easily confused
ability
“The machine's capacity is 100 litres, while the technician's ability determines how fast it is used.”
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