capacity Význam & definícia

Význam capacity v slovenčine

• 0 the total amount that can be contained or produced:

  • The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.

  • The game was watched by a capacity crowd/audience of 50,000 (= the place was completely full).

  • The generators each have a capacity of (= can produce) 1,000 kilowatts.

  • The larger cars have bigger capacity engines (= the engines are bigger and more powerful).

  • All our factories are working at (full) capacity (= are producing goods as fast as possible).

  • We are running below capacity (= not producing as many goods as we are able to) because of cancelled orders.

• 1 someone's ability to do a particular thing:

  • She has a great capacity for hard work.

  • [ + to infinitive ] It seems to be beyond his capacity to follow simple instructions.

  • Do you think it's within his capacity to do the job without making a mess of it?

  • He suffered a stroke in 2008, which left him unable to speak, but his mental capacity wasn't affected.

• 2 a particular position or job:

  • She guides tourists at the Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home in her capacity as a National Park Service ranger.

  • She was speaking in her capacity as a novelist, rather than as a television presenter.

• 3 the amount that can be held or produced by something:

  • [ C ] The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.

  • [ U ] The theater was full to capacity that night.

• 4 the ability to do something in particular:

  • He has an enormous capacity for work.

• 5 a particular position or job; a role:

  • She was speaking in her capacity as a judge.

• 6 the total amount or number of things or people that something can hold:

  • a capacity of sth The tanks have a capacity of 1000 litres.

  • capacity audience/crowd The rally drew a capacity crowd of 15,000 people (= the place, which held 15,000 people, was completely full).

• 7 the total amount of something that can be produced:

  • cut/expand/increase capacity They aim to expand capacity by 3 million barrels a day.

  • All our factories are now working at full capacity.

• 8 the ability of a person or organization to do something:

  • capacity to do sth "Every industry has the capacity to go green," he says.

  • capacity for sth Most people have little capacity for creativity in solving problems at work.

• 9 a particular position or job:

  • sb's capacity as sth In her capacity as portfolio manager, she has primary responsibility for making day-to-day investment decisions.

  • He attends Board meetings in an advisory capacity.