Capabilities
[,kepə'bɪləti]
Definition
(pl. ) of Capability
Editor: Sallust
Examples
- He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mr. Edison has built a very interesting machine, and he has the opportunity of making a valuable contribution to the electrical arts by furnishing authentic accounts of its capabilities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Secretary took that opportunity of touching on the practical question of Mr Sloppy's capabilities. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We are a dominating race, fit to rule; and a glance round the world will show you our colonizing capabilities. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He was no longer in doubt of the capabilities of her heart. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mr. Crawford was the first to move forward to examine the capabilities of that end of the house. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- My father and Mrs. Weston are at the Crown at this moment, said Frank Churchill, examining the capabilities of the house. Jane Austen. Emma.
Editor: Sallust