Collocations for "capacity"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "capacity" in context.
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capacity
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [two-liter, five-gallon] capacity
- a capacity of [three] [liters]
- a [tank, barrel, drum] with a [50-gallon] capacity
- a [standing, seating] capacity of [500]
- the [bus, club, train] has a [standing] capacity of
- the capacity to [house, seat] [40,000] [fans, people, spectators]
- has a [40,000] capacity
- The [arena, stadium] has a capacity of [40,000].
- a maximum capacity of [40,000] [people, guests]
- The capacity is [limited, restricted] to [40,000].
- the capacity has been [extended, boosted, increased] to
- is full to capacity
- is at full capacity
- has the capacity to [provide, meet, produce, make]
- [mental, emotional, cognitive] capacities
- the [child's, student's] capacity to [learn, improve]
- the capacity of your [mind, brain]
- The [puzzle, math problem] is beyond my capacity.
- a high capacity to [withstand, resist, work under] pressure
- has a capacity for [hard work, calculus]
- [works, serves] in an [advisory, ambassadorial] capacity
- in her capacity as (the) [director, representative, head] (of)
'capacity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advisory
- aircraft
- airplane
- audience
- bearing
- cargo
- carriage
- chip
- complex
- cooling
- crowded
- deck
- diner
- elevator
- engine
- excess
- fill
- filled
- fuel
- generation
- increase
- inherent
- internal
- lack
- limit
- loaded
- loading
- mental
- near
- operational
- ounce
- output
- overthrow
- pack
- packed
- percent
- production
- reach
- runway
- stadium
- standing
- storage
- strengthening
- tank
- ton
- unbelievable
- washer
- willingness