facility
//fəˈsɪlɪti//
Forms
- Plural
- facilities
Definitions
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.A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
3.The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
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.