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Capability: Definition and part of speech

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Capability

  1. n. Capacity of being used or improved.
  2. n. The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Capable: Definition and part of speech

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Capable

  1. a. Capacious; large; comprehensive.
  2. a. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.
  3. a. Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations.
  4. a. Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Canvass: Definition and part of speech

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Canvass

  1. n. Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc.
  2. n. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.
  3. n. To examine by discussion; to debate.
  4. n. To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.
  5. v. i. To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; — commonly followed by for.
  6. n. Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes.
  7. n. Examination in the way of discussion or debate.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.