capacity

Universal Words noun (plural capacities) of container 1 [U,C,usually sing.] the number of things or people that a container or space can hold: The theatre has a seating capacity of 2000. * a fuel tank with a capacity of 50 litres * The hall was filled to capacity (= was completely full). * They played to a capacity crowd (= one that filled all the space or seats). * a hard disk storage capacity of 500 megabytes ability 2 [C,usually sing,U] ~ (for sth / for doing sth)