{
    "term": "capacity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the number of things or people that a container or space can hold",
            "sensetop": "to capacity",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fuel tank with a maximum capacity of 50 litres"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The theatre has a seating capacity of 2 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a hard disk **storage capacity **of 1 000 gigabytes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "large-capacity disk drives"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hall was **filled to capacity** *(= was completely full)*.",
                    "contextForm": "to capacity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They played to a **capacity crowd** *(= one that filled all the space or seats)*."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "large", "limited"],
                "verb + capacity": ["have", "expand", "increase"],
                "capacity + noun": ["audience", "crowd"],
                "preposition": ["at capacity"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be filled to capacity",
                    "be packed to capacity",
                    "operate at full capacity"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the ability to understand or to do something",
            "sensetop": "capacity for somethingcapacity for doing somethingcapacity to do somethingbeyond/within somebody's capacity",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "mental/intellectual capacity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has an enormous capacity for hard work.",
                    "contextForm": "capacity for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Limited resources are restricting our capacity for developing new products.",
                    "contextForm": "capacity for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A habit becomes an addiction when it reduces your capacity to enjoy life.",
                    "contextForm": "capacity to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mountain walk is well within the capacity of most fit people.",
                    "contextForm": "beyond/within somebody's capacity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His capacity for learning languages astonished me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems to have lost the capacity to enjoy herself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These questions are beyond the capacity of most students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The qualification should increase my earning capacity."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amazing", "enormous", "great"],
                "verb + capacity": ["demonstrate", "have", "possess"],
                "preposition": [
                    "beyond somebody’s capacity",
                    "within somebody’s capacity",
                    "capacity for"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the official position or function that somebody has",
            "sensetop": "in a… capacityin your capacity as something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We are simply involved in an **advisory capacity** on the project.",
                    "contextForm": "in a… capacity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to do something in a business/judicial/professional/voluntary capacity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was acting **in her capacity as** manager.",
                    "contextForm": "in your capacity as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In my capacity as president, I would like to thank Jack for his hard work."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "role",
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["official", "personal", "private"],
                "verb + capacity": ["act in", "work in"],
                "preposition": ["in your capacity"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the quantity that a factory, machine, etc. can produce",
            "sensetop": "at capacity",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The downturn in the business cycle left the plant with **excess capacity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spare oil **production capacity** will probably remain low."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The factory is working **at (full) capacity**.",
                    "contextForm": "at capacity"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "large", "limited"],
                "verb + capacity": ["have", "expand", "increase"],
                "capacity + noun": ["audience", "crowd"],
                "preposition": ["at capacity"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be filled to capacity",
                    "be packed to capacity",
                    "operate at full capacity"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the size or power of a piece of equipment, especially the engine of a vehicle",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an engine with a capacity of 1 600 cc"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "large", "limited"],
                "verb + capacity": ["have", "expand", "increase"],
                "capacity + noun": ["audience", "crowd"],
                "preposition": ["at capacity"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be filled to capacity",
                    "be packed to capacity",
                    "operate at full capacity"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈpæsəti/",
                "audio": "ca/capacity/capacity__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈpæsəti/",
                "audio": "ca/capacity/capacity__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax, capac- ‘that can contain’, from capere ‘take or hold’."
}