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capacious
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Origin
ca·pa·cious
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kəˈpeɪ
ʃəs
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adjective
capable of holding much; spacious or roomy:
a capacious storage bin.
Origin:
1605–15;
capaci(ty)
+
-ous
Related forms
ca·pa·cious·ly,
adverb
ca·pa·cious·ness,
noun
un·ca·pa·cious,
adjective
un·ca·pa·cious·ly,
adverb
un·ca·pa·cious·ness,
noun
Synonyms
ample, large.
Antonyms
confining.
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dodge has been around for years, but recent tax and legal changes have made it more attractive.
The word novel, though, is
capacious
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You will be happier with a more
capacious
definition of your professional identity.
This
capacious
dodge has been around for years, but recent tax and legal changes have made it more attractive.
The word novel, though, is
capacious
; it can be lots of things.
Suites are
capacious
, and many boast views from terraces or balconies.
For those who work with digital video, music or photo files, it can seem as though no hard drive is
capacious
enough.
Clearly, when it comes to university governance, "shared" is a much more
capacious
concept than most people suspect.
The
capacious
lung, the thundering or the tender vocal chords.
Manhattan women shoulder
capacious
bags as they make their daily rounds.
We want to convert you from your own narrow views to our more
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perspective.
Miss Toscano has a
capacious
, well-trained soprano voice, and an engaging and informal stage presence.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
capacious
(kəˈpeɪʃəs)
—
adj
capable of holding much; roomy; spacious
[C17: from Latin
capāx,
from Latin
capere
to take]
ca'paciously
—
adv
ca'paciousness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
capacious
1614, from L. capaci-, from capere "to take" (see
capable
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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