The new telescope's capability to detect faint light from distant galaxies has transformed our understanding of cosmic evolution.
新望远镜探测遥远星系微弱光线的能力，改变了我们对宇宙演化的理解。
When a popular music streaming app temporarily removed its offline-download feature, subscriptions to a competing app with offline capability rose noticeably, but overall subscriptions to the original app remained roughly stable once the feature was restored a month later.
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Which choice best defines “capability”?
B — The ability to do something. “capability” means the ability to do something.
Which word means “the ability to do something”?
B — capability. “capability” means the ability to do something.
capability — the ability to do something. In Chinese: 能力，才能.
capability is pronounced /ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti/.
The new telescope's capability to detect faint light from distant galaxies has transformed our understanding of cosmic evolution. (新望远镜探测遥远星系微弱光线的能力，改变了我们对宇宙演化的理解。)
ability, capacity, competence — all close in meaning to capability (the ability to do something).
inability, incapacity — each the opposite of capability (the ability to do something).
Yes. capability is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.