individual capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofindividualandcapacity

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individual
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us
/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofindividualandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindividual capacity

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I went in myindividualcapacity.
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The employer, in hisindividualcapacity, has been kindly and decent, and has done his best.
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I say "in many capacities" because theindividualcapacityis not the only one that a person may have.
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There is a need to develop candidate subtyping models and then compare theirindividualcapacityto demonstrate differential treatment outcomes against current continuum models.
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The goal, to lift more weight than your opponents, may not be achieved even if yourindividualcapacityto lift more weight has been enhanced.
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In particular, they emphasised the essential role of the nation state in promoting wellbeing andindividualcapacity.
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Anindividualcapacityof 3.5 only has meaning if the individual can sometimes remember three items, and sometimes four items.
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It was a system that was based on experience rather than theory, and which depended on herindividualcapacityto work with the poor.
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Changes in participation can therefore be the result of changes inindividualcapacityor in environmental constraints and opportunities.
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How much of resilience is derived from anindividualcapacityand how does a transactional outcome emerge from the combinations of risks and supports in relationships and groups?
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Were men workers members of a working class in theirindividualcapacityor as heads of 'working class families'?
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It has been demonstrated that thousands have been taught occupations and processes which in normal times would have been regarded as beyond theirindividualcapacity.
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We are applying to these co-operative bodies the same kind of advantages that would apply to their members if acting in theirindividualcapacity.
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The individual can help in hisindividualcapacity.
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All will be appointed in theirindividualcapacity, and their decisions should be regarded as corporate decisions.
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One is the provision of skilled labour, and the other is the utilisation of existing house builders in theirindividualcapacity.
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These authorities do in a public capacity what their members would never do in anindividualcapacity.
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Members have been appointed in anindividualcapacitybecause of their personal commitment to training.
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All board members are appointed in anindividualcapacityand not to represent particular interests.
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Individualcapacity-building through education is the ultimate capacity-building system.
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In each case it is a question purely ofindividualcapacity.
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He signed only in hisindividualcapacity, in spite of the fact that he was representing that great education authority.
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Members are selected in theirindividualcapacityas people who can contribute a variety of experience and specialised knowledge to the work of the board.
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