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facility

//fəˈsɪlɪti//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for facility

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Forms

Plural
facilities

Definitions

  1. 1.The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.

    • A wide range of facilities is available at the sports center, including a weight room and saunas.
    • Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
    • As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
  2. 2.A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.

  3. 3.The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.

  4. 4.Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.

    • The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1515

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Common
Academic
Uncommon
Literature
Rare

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Etymology

From Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās.

By surface analysis, facile + -ity.

Doublet of faculty.

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