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capacity | guise |

As a noun capacity

is the ability to hold, receive or absorb.

As an adjective capacity

is filling the allotted space.

As a verb guise is

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capacity

English

Noun

(capacities)
  • The ability to hold, receive or absorb
  • A measure of such ability; volume
  • The maximum amount that can be held
    • It was hauling a capacity load.
    The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
  • Capability; the ability to perform some task
  • The maximum that can be produced.
  • Mental ability; the power to learn
  • A faculty; the potential for growth and development
  • A role; the position in which one functions
  • Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
  • Electrical capacitance.
  • (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
    • Its capacity''' rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum '''capacity was 200 tons per hour.

    Synonyms

    * throughput * See also

    Derived terms

    * capacitance * capacitation * capacitor

    Adjective

  • Filling the allotted space.
    • There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.
  • * 2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
    • At an overcast Eton Dorney, roared on by a capacity crowd including Prince Harry and Prince William, the volume rose as they entered the final stages.

    Related terms

    * capacious

    External links

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    guise

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) guise, gise, gyse, from (etyl) guisse, guise, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (.)
  • * 1924 , Aristotle. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 5.
    • dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
  • External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
  • Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
    • Under the guise of patriotism
  • * 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems''' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
    • Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?
    Synonyms
    * (customary way of acting) behavior, manner, mien, practice * (external appearance) appearance, look
    Related terms
    * disguise

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (Internet slang)
    • Sup guise ? — What's up, guys?
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