capabilities
US/ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.tiz/
capabilities is the plural of capability.
Meaning of capability
Noun
capability (countable and uncountable, plural capabilities)
- The power or ability to generate an outcome.
- And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities.2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN
- A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.
- A file descriptor can be considered a capability that can only be leveraged using the appropriate system calls, passing it as an argument.
Phrases with capabilities
Words that rhyme with capabilities
- sensibilities
- facilities
- abilities
- creatabilities
- disabilities
- hostilities
- impossibilities
- improbabilities
- nobilities
- possibilities
- probabilities
- utilities
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Questions about capabilities
- What is capabilities the plural of?
- Capabilities is the plural of capability.
- How do you pronounce capabilities?
- Capabilities is pronounced /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.tiz/ (US).
Words near capabilities in the dictionary
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