Words / C2

k-uh-PAYSH-uh-s/kəˈpeɪʃəs/

Capacious means having a lot of space; roomy: a capacious bag, a capacious memory. Enormous (already in the dictionary) is everyday huge; a behemoth (already in the dictionary) is something vast, especially an organisation. Paucity (already in the dictionary) is too little of something — the opposite flavour. A wide appendix still needs a filled n.

Meaning

Having a lot of space; roomy.

Examples

• “A capacious appendix still needs a filled n.”
• “Enormous is everyday huge (already in B1). A behemoth is something vast (already in C2). Paucity is too little (already in C2) — the contrast. A short methods line can still be complete. An empty cell is not a small gap; it is none. Write the number or write that it is missing.”

Good to know

Roomy; holding a lot. Everyday: large / roomy. Close: enormous (already in B1); behemoth (already in C2). Contrast: paucity (too little — already in C2). Width ≠ an n.

Near in meaning

roomy, spacious, ample, voluminous

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