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Plural of capacity

regular plural

The plural of capacity is capacities.

Forms of capacity

Singularcapacity /kəˈpæsɪti/
Pluralcapacities
Countablecountable and uncountable

Capacities in a sentence

  • Palmer has written about disenhanced animals that have been engineered to lose certain capacities.From the entry disenhanced
  • Typical of many phasianid birds, guinea fowl are capable runners that have strong burst-flight capacities but little endurance in flight.From the entry phasianid
  • Complex attractional approaches tend to have a contraceptive effect on the reproductive capacities of the church.2009, Alan Hirsch, Darryn Altclass, The Forgotten Ways Handbook, page 143. From the entry attractional
  • Other Catholic clergy were sent overseas in various emissarial capacities as well.2007, Robert J. Miller, Both Prayed to the Same God, →ISBN. From the entry emissarial
  • All fork lift trucks, platform trucks, walkalongs, cranes, and four-wheeled trucks should be checked for capacities.1961, Modern Castings, volume 40, page 44. From the entry walkalong

Meaning of capacity

  1. noun The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
  2. noun A measure of such ability; volume.
  3. noun The maximum amount that can be held.

Full definition of capacity

Questions about the plural of capacity

What is the plural of capacity?
The plural of capacity is capacities.
Is capacity countable?
Capacity is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capacity (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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