capacities

noun

plural of capacity
1
as in volumes
the largest number or amount that something can hold the seating capacity of the school auditorium is 800 people

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2
as in positions
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay served in the capacity of the network's White House correspondent for a year

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3
as in roles
the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists offered advice in his capacity as a lawyer

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4
as in abilities
the physical or mental power to do something not everyone has the capacity for learning higher math

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Recent Examples of capacities Other explanations understand the many heads and arms as expressions of the gods and their capacities displayed through the visual language of iconography. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 Both Slavin and Korte received approval to participate in their personal capacities in the CBS News interview, which was filmed at Stars and Stripes’ newsroom June 26 and aired July 5. — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Importantly, all of these rhythms stack on top of each other and interact, meaning that resilience is never a fixed state but rather more of a dynamic balance between a person’s mental and physical capacities and the demands placed on them. — Masha Remskar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 The thickness penalty The simulations revealed that anodes with nearly identical overall charge capacities can still suffer vastly different internal degradation, depending on how binder materials and pore spaces are arranged. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026 The compute eSSD has TLC NAND flash for higher endurance with capacities up to 32TB while the storage eSSD uses QLC NAND flash with capacities up to 256TB. — Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Many of those tracks have reduced seating capacities in the past 15 years, and Richmond is among the most notable. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 Haney rejected these claims, saying amendments limit the bill to tickets for events at venues with capacities under 3,000. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The Ultra 2 has a much larger 800mAh battery capacity compared with the 390mAh or 445mAh capacities in the 40mm and 44mm versions of the Watch 9, respectively. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capacities
  1. volumes
  2. positions
  3. roles
  4. abilities
  5. loads
  6. jobs
  7. purposes
  8. capabilities
Noun
  • The fast-casual model also depended on higher volumes at smaller margins.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The trees would absorb enormous volumes of water, thrive in the sandy soil and slow coastal erosion.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of volumes
Noun
  • Those positions remain in flux and negotiations between Assembly members, state senators and Newsom are ongoing, Assembly Natural Resources Committee Chair Isaac Bryan, D-Jefferson Park, said.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The precedent for what happens when that capital moves quickly is March 2020, when a rapid unwind of leveraged positions contributed to a breakdown of Treasury-market liquidity severe enough to require Federal Reserve intervention.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of positions
Noun
  • An all-rounder with a heart of gold, Dolly will also be remembered for her philanthropy, her acting roles, her business acumen and her support of good causes.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The actresses are reprising their roles as the two witch sisters nearly 30 years after the 1998 original.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of roles
Noun
  • Breen also emphasized that Heath, the film’s protagonist, is different from his other heroes, who tend to have superhuman abilities.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The answer is, mostly, none of them, irrespective of their acting abilities.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of abilities
Noun
  • Instead, Hongqi said the solar roof could help supply lower-voltage electrical loads, including air conditioning, refrigerators and the vehicle’s sentry or monitoring systems.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Together, Jaybush, Brad Chambers, and the American Heavy Moving team figured out a route through the city that avoided street trees, tight turns, and roads that run above old, fragile sewer pipes, which aren’t rated for heavy loads.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both?
    — Jeffrey C. Dixon, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The county’s Fire Department has four fire engineer jobs vacancies, and five additional firefighters are on leave.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of jobs
Noun
  • Anthropic wanted assurance that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, and the DOD wanted Anthropic to grant the agency unfettered access to Claude across all lawful purposes.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Governments generally don’t need a model that’s as powerful as what’s on the frontier to automate a few tasks; Ting explains that a tiny model, even one with as few as 1 billion parameters, can suit those purposes.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of purposes
Noun
  • Greenspan was renowned for his formidable data-crunching capabilities, sharp reading of market psychology, and subtle, often elusive communication style.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Its sensing capabilities can help detect changes in temperature, humidity, lighting, and aspects of the home environment.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
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“Capacities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capacities. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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