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# capability

«capability» in Mova's school dictionary: **the ability or power to do something: «The robot has the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a capability, capabilities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A capability is the ability or power to do something: «The robot has the capability to climb stairs». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/#m1)

2) Capabilities are the skills, tools or strength someone or something has. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and technology lessons machines and computers are compared by their capabilities. In reports and the formal exam voice it is a fancy way to say «what someone can do». Phrases: within your capabilities, beyond its capabilities.

### examples

- This phone has the capability to take underwater photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/#x1)
- The new computer has amazing capabilities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/#x2)
- Climbing that mountain is beyond my capability. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/#x3)
- The team showed their full capability in the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/#x4)
- We tested the robot's capabilities in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/#x5)
- Owls have the capability to see in the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/#x6)

### note

Formal; at home people say «can» or «able to». Plural «capabilities». Adjective «capable» (capable of doing something).

### In the corpora

- [A vivid example: "We degraded the enemy's capability" can mean "we bombed them and many people died".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «capability» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capability/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.