Meaning | The quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally. |
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Synonym | capability |
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Attributes | capable | (usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability |
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incapable | (followed by 'of') lacking capacity or ability |
Narrower | associability, associableness | The capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought |
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capacity | Capability to perform or produce |
defensibility | capability of being defended |
executability | capability of being executed |
military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war |
operating capability, performance capability | The capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
overkill | The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required |
Broader | ability | The quality of being able to perform |
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Opposite | incapability, incapableness | The quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally |
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Spanish | capacidad |
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Catalan | capacitat |
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Adjectives | capable | (usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability |
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capable | (followed by 'of') having the temperament or inclination for |
capable | have the skills and qualifications to do things well |