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capability Definition

ca·pabil·ity (kā′pə bilə tē)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. the quality of being capable; practical ability
  2. a capacity for being used or developed
  3. abilities, features, etc. not yet developed or utilized

capability Synonyms

capability

n.

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.

—Keats,John