capability
US /ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti/
Definition
the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The new equipment will increase our production capability by half.
Word Family
Synonyms
- capacitycapability to perform or produce
- abilitythe quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
- competencethe quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Collocations
- Easy human physical endurance capabilitydescribing human physical endurance capability (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)
- Medium enhance team technical capabilityto enhance team technical capability, meaning to increase
- Hard core manufacturing capability assessmentto core manufacturing capability assessment, meaning to remove the core or center from
- Very Hard stretch institutional capability to the limitto stretch institutional capability to the limit, meaning to occupy a large, elongated area
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