capability
capability
Definition
ca·pabil·ity (kā′pə bil′ə tē)
noun pl. -·ties
- the quality of being capable; practical ability
- a capacity for being used or developed
- abilities, features, etc. not yet developed or utilized
capability
Synonyms
capability
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- adversary: A critical intelligence mission in IO is to identify the capabilities of the adversary to conduct counter-C2.
Converse of object
- enhance: These options greatly enhance the capability of the individual modules providing a wide range of additional features.
- demonstrate: Its main aim was to demonstrate the capabilities of the digital lecture board to the participants.
- extend: They do extend the capabilities of the computer for sound recording.
- possess: I have no doubt that al-Qaeda would use unconventional weapons if it possessed the capability to do so.
- zoom: A: No, these cards do not support hardware pan and zoom capability.
- expand: The centers were also seeking to expand the capabilities of family members through counseling, guidance and experience of volunteering.
Adjective modifier
- nuclear: The whole purpose of Pakistan's decision to acquire nuclear capability has been to deter aggression by a more powerful state.
- military: He maintains a tight handle on internal unrest, despite the erosion of his overall military capabilities.
- operational: Understand how to get the information into a system, unit, or headquarters that provides an enhanced operational capability.
- enhanced: Understand how to get the information into a system, unit, or headquarters that provides an enhanced operational capability.
- technological: More importantly, the seminar will describe how each component provides organizations with significant and new technological capabilities.
- advanced: Use the options below to do a search with advanced capabilities.
Modifies a noun
- gap: A benchmarking research project reviewed scientific research on crime prevention in the UK and identified capability gaps.
Noun used with modifier
- multimedia: Experimental poetry is only slowly waking up to the multimedia capabilities of the internet.
- missile: Iraq is supposed only to have missile capability up to 150 km for conventional weaponry.
- wireless: In all, the wireless capabilities are perfectly suited for any SOHO application with connection speeds at 11Mbps being the norm.
- networking: Specks are miniature computing devices the size of a few cubic millimeters and have sensing, processing and wireless networking capabilities.
- weapon: It's following an obvious strategic decision that it wants a nuclear weapons capability.
- defense: Since 1994, the Alliance has increasingly addressed the range of defense capabilities needed to devalue WMD proliferation and use.
capability Quotes
Negative Capability; that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.
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