accomplished: She is an accomplished painter.
competent: He was a loyal, distinguished and very competent civil servant.
skilfuclass="underline" He is widely regarded as Hungary's most skilful politician.
adept: He is an adept guitar player.
proficient: A great number of Egyptians are proficient in foreign languages.
able: …one of the brightest and ablest members of the government.
ca|pa|cious /kəpe I ʃəs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in. [FORMAL ] □ …her capacious handbag.
ca|paci|tor /kəpæ s I tə r / (capacitors ) N‑COUNT A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
ca|pac|ity ◆◇◇ /kəpæ s I ti/ (capacities )
1 N‑VAR [oft with poss, N to-inf] Your capacity for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do. □ [+ for ] Our capacity for giving care, love and attention is limited. □ Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his. □ …people's creative capacities.
2 N‑UNCOUNT The capacity of something such as a factory, industry, or region is the quantity of things that it can produce or deliver with the equipment or resources that are available. □ Bread factories are working at full capacity. □ The region is valued for its coal and vast electricity-generating capacity.
3 N‑COUNT The capacity of a piece of equipment is its size or power, often measured in particular units. □ [+ of ] …an aircraft with a bomb-carrying capacity of 454 kg.
4 N‑VAR The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons. □ [+ of ] …the fuel tanks, which had a capacity of 140 litres. □ Grease 6 ramekin dishes of 150 ml (5–6 fl oz) capacity.
5 N‑SING [oft to N ] The capacity of a building, place, or vehicle is the number of people or things that it can hold. If a place is filled to capacity , it is as full as it can possibly be. □ [+ of ] Each stadium had a seating capacity of about 50,000. □ Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
6 ADJ [ADJ n] A capacity crowd or audience completely fills a theatre, sports stadium, or other place. □ A capacity crowd of 76,000 people was at Wembley football stadium for the event.
7 N‑COUNT [in N ] If you do something in a particular capacity , you do it as part of a particular job or duty, or because you are representing a particular organization or person. [WRITTEN ] □ [+ as ] She visited the Philippines in her capacity as a Special Representative of Unicef. □ This article is written in a personal capacity. COLLOCATIONS capacity NOUN
1
adjective + capacity : creative, earning, intellectual, mental; diminished, limited
verb + capacity : boost, develop
2
adjective + capacity : full, maximum, spare; productive
verb + capacity : boost, expand, increase; reduce
3
noun + capacity : engine, fuel
4
noun + capacity : lung, storage SYNONYMS capacity NOUN 1
ability: He has the ability to bring out the best in others.
facility: He and Marcia shared a facility for languages.
aptitude: Some students have more aptitude for academic work than others.
capability: People experience differences in mental capability depending on the time of day.
cape /ke I p/ (capes )
1 N‑COUNT A cape is a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea from the coast. □ In 1978, Naomi James became the first woman to sail solo around the world via Cape Horn.
2 N‑COUNT A cape is a short cloak. □ …a woollen cape.
ca|per /ke I pə r / (capers , capering , capered )
1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Capers are the small green buds of caper plants. They are usually sold preserved in vinegar.
2 VERB If you caper about , you run and jump around because you are happy or excited. □ [V adv/prep] They were capering about, shouting and laughing.
ca|pil|lary /kəp I ləri, [AM ] kæ pəleri/ (capillaries ) N‑COUNT Capillaries are tiny blood vessels in your body.
capi|tal ◆◆◆ /kæ p I t ə l/ (capitals )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money. [BUSINESS ] □ Companies are having difficulty in raising capital. □ A large amount of capital is invested in all these branches.
2 N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] You can use capital to refer to buildings or machinery which are necessary to produce goods or to make companies more efficient, but which do not make money directly. [BUSINESS ] □ …capital equipment that could have served to increase production. □ …capital investment.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Capital is the part of an amount of money borrowed or invested which does not include interest. [BUSINESS ] □ With a conventional repayment mortgage, the repayments consist of both capital and interest.