a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
the highest power of a term or variable
a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you; "a cell phone with internet facility"
something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities"
a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen
in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way; "a class evenly divided between girls and boys"; "they split their winnings equally"; "deal equally with rich and poor"
a firm controlling influence; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"
worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet"
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"
a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"
the maximum production possible; "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"
tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
ability to perform or produce
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"