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Capacity

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

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Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Capability 76% connected

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

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Capableness 76% connected

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

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Function 76% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Office 76% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Production 76% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

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Role 76% connected

A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

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Susceptibility 76% connected

The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.

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Tolerance 76% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Volume 76% connected

A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Prescience 76% connected

Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.

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Prevision 76% connected

Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.

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Resistance 76% connected

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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Derivationally related 4

Capacious 74% connected

Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.

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Capacious 74% connected

Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.

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Capacitate 74% connected

To render capable; to enable; to qualify.

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Capacitate 74% connected

To render capable; to enable; to qualify.

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Synonym 2

Capability 92% connected

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Content 92% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incapacity 94% connected

Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.

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Incapacity 94% connected

Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.

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