Entry Word: capacity

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the largest number or amount that something can hold <the seating capacity of the school auditorium is 800 people>

Synonyms complement, content

Related Words area, room, space, volume; fill, load, measure

2 an assignment at which one regularly works for pay <served in the capacity of the networkʼs White House reporter for a year> — see job 1
3 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> — see role
4 the physical or mental power to do something <not everyone has the capacity for learning higher math> — see ability