In a sentence
Six example sentences with capacity, each labelled with its topic.
The renovated hall has a seated capacity of nine hundred, and the fire code will not permit one extra chair.
Architecture
After the illness the patient's lungs held roughly half their former capacity, so one flight of stairs became exhausting.
Medicine
Working memory has a narrow capacity, which is why most people lose a phone number while reaching for a pen.
Psychology
Factories were running at ninety-five percent of capacity, which is why prices rose when orders climbed further.
Economics
The server reached capacity twenty minutes after tickets went on sale, and every later request simply timed out.
Technology
The reservoir is at full capacity after the spring rains, so engineers are releasing water downstream every night.
Environment
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Found in 11 published word lists
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)Authoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Nursing Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- PrepScholar 357 GRE WordsRecognized
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