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| NOUN: | 1. The ability or power to seize or attain: capacity, compass, grasp, range, reach. See ABILITY. 2. The extent of one's perception, understanding, knowledge, or vision: horizon, ken, purview, range, reach. See ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE, SEE. 3. An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power: ambit, compass, extension, extent, orbit, purview, range, reach, realm, sphere, sweep, swing. See TERRITORY. 4. Suitable opportunity to accept or allow something: elbowroom, latitude, leeway, margin, play, room. See PLACE, RESTRAINT.
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