capacities
- 1Plural of capacity.
Engineers compared the storage capacities of the three reservoirs before approving the design.
She served in several capacities during her years at the company, from clerk to manager.
Note
A plural that only the countable uses of capacity can take. Measured volumes, maximum outputs and particular abilities can be counted and compared: the capacities of two engines, a child's growing mental capacities. The uncountable sense of sheer holding power, as in filled to capacity, stays singular. The spelling follows the usual rule for a consonant plus y, which becomes -ies.
capacities is a form of capacity
capacity, noun: The amount that something can hold or contain, often given as a volume. Full entry
- Forms
- capacitycapacities plural
- Spelling
- capacity → capacities: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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