capability

 
Pronunciation: /keɪpəˈbɪlɪti/

noun (plural capabilities)

(often capability of doing/to do something)
  • the power or ability to do something: he had an intuitive capability of bringing the best out in people the company’s capability to increase productivity
  • (often capabilities) the extent of someone’s or something’s ability: the job is beyond my capabilities
  • a facility on a computer for performing a specified task: a graphics capability
  • forces or resources giving a country the ability to undertake a particular kind of military action: their nuclear weapons capability