Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with capacity in American Collocation
capacity
noun
countable/uncountable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/kəˈpæsəti/
more than is needed
additional
excess
extra
spare
Some off-street car parks have spare capacity.
maximum
full
maximum
total
The maximum seating capacity for the vehicle is eight.
large
high
large
unlimited
Their washing machines have a large capacity.
enough
adequate
sufficient
The water companies must have sufficient capacity to meet water demand.
for containing/carrying something
airport
carrying
holding
load
memory
runway
seating
storage
Storage capacity must be calculated against the number of animals in the farm.
for producing something
generating
manufacturing
processing
production
refining
The government had plans to quadruple its nuclear generating capacity by the year 2020.
have capacity
have
possess
Your hard drive might have a capacity of 10 GB.
increase capacity
boost
build
develop
double
enhance
expand
improve
increase
strengthen
They want to extend the length of the pipeline and increase its capacity.
be larger than available capacity
exceed
outstrip
The audience greatly exceeded the capacity of the hall.
reduce capacity
limit
reduce
As the arteries become diseased their capacity is reduced.