enormous capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousandcapacity

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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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 ofenormousandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His blast furnaces for iron production were distinguished by theirenormouscapacityfor the time.
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Young people are, to a large extent, characterised by their dynamism, by their enormous generosity, and by anenormouscapacityfor learning and assimilation.
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Within the empire there is anenormouscapacityfor resistance to change.
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That shows theenormouscapacityof people who had lived for generations under a dictatorial regime to rise up and try to change their situation.
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All this demonstrates theenormouscapacityof the brain to learn.
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That shows that there is anenormouscapacityin the regions which has yet to be taken up.
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But sound has anenormouscapacityto be evocative; to ring the bells of imagination and to stimulate thinking.
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They are men of splendid ability andenormouscapacity, but they must always be controlled by common sense and wider considerations and considerations of character.
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Clearly on the domestic front alone there is anenormouscapacityto save energy.
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Thisenormouscapacityhas been vital to the maintenance of the public services during a very difficult period.
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The human body has anenormouscapacityto regenerate and to replenish damaged cells.
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If we change over to a different system of agricultural support, there isenormouscapacitywhich our farmers can take up.
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The facts are that we haveenormouscapacityfor turning out goods extremely cheaply, but only on condition that there is an enormous consumption.
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Imagine theenormouscapacitythat we have, and it is by no means fully developed yet.
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Surely there isenormouscapacityhere for the law to be brought into immediate disrepute.
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In view of all thisenormouscapacityto produce is it too much to ask that the needs of the people should be satisfied?
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My friend, a man of cheerful, sunny character with anenormouscapacityfor enjoying life, gradually became bitter, morose, savage and often cruel to those around him.
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The situation is that, with thisenormouscapacityto produce, we shall never again need art industrial army of the size of the one that we had in the past.
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We seem to spend a great deal of time criticising young people and not emphasising theenormouscapacity they have for contributing to the community through their talents and ability.
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There isenormouscapacityfor freight there.
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