Capacity | Mean of capacity in English Dictionary

/kəˈpæsəti/

• Noun
• the ability to hold or contain people or things
1. The restaurant has a large seating capacity. [=many people can sit in the restaurant; it has many seats]
2. What is the hard drive's storage capacity?
• the largest amount or number that can be held or contained
1. The nightclub has a 1,000-person capacity.
2. a bottle with a capacity of two liters
3. The prison has reached capacity. [=the prison is full]
4. The auditorium was filled to capacity. [=was completely full]
• the ability to do something
1. Some species of birds do not have the capacity [=ability] to fly.
2. Does he have the capacity to handle this job?
3. The disease causes a deterioration of breathing capacity.
4. the machine's computational capacities [=capabilities]
5. a character with a great capacity for love [=a character who is able to love people very deeply]

• a usually official position or job
1. He was acting in his capacity as judge.
2. She's worked for the company in various capacities over the years. [=she has had various jobs at the company]
3. serving in a supervisory capacity
• the amount of something that can be produced or managed by a factory, company, etc.
1. a plan to double the factory's capacity
2. We can't hire more people because we lack the training capacity.
3. the nation's oil refining capacity
• the largest amount that a factory, company, etc., can produce or manage
1. The factory is currently running at three-quarter capacity. [=the factory is producing three quarters of what it can produce]
2. The airport is not expected to reach capacity [=the highest number of planes it can deal with] for several years.