capacity
US /kəˈpæsɪti/
・UK /kə'pæsətɪ/
B1
noun
- Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
- Largest amount of something that can be produced
- Physical, emotional ability to do something
- Person's job or role
Examples
spare capacity in the health service
She seems to have lost the capacity to enjoy herself.