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facility
[ fuh-sil-i-tee ]
noun
- Often facilities.
- something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service:
transportation facilities;
educational facilities;
a new research facility.
- something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.:
to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task;
to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- readiness or ease due to skill, aptitude, or practice; dexterity:
to compose with great facility.
- ready compliance:
Her facility in organizing and directing made her an excellent supervisor.
- an easy-flowing manner:
facility of style.
- the quality of being easily or conveniently done or performed.
- Often facilities. Informal. a restroom, especially one for use by the public, as in a theater or restaurant.
- freedom from difficulty, controversy, misunderstanding, etc.:
facility of understanding.
facility
/ fəˈsɪlɪtɪ /
noun
- ease of action or performance; freedom from difficulty
- ready skill or ease deriving from practice or familiarity
- often plural the means or equipment facilitating the performance of an action
- rare.easy-going disposition
- military an organization or building offering supporting capability
- usually plural a euphemistic word for lavatory
Other Word Forms
- non·fa·cil·i·ty noun plural nonfacilities
- o·ver·fa·cil·i·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of facility1
Example Sentences
But Gabriel said his brother had started a job at a medical facility and seemed “OK.”
Their investment in facilities and talent in the UK, based on US-owned IP, is showing fantastic returns on both sides of the Atlantic.
Since SpaceX started buying land in the area, company housing and SpaceX facilities have sprouted up, and Mr Musk has a residence.
The closures are part of a long-term plan to modernize the operations of its distribution centers, including adding automation, either fully or in part, to 400 of its facilities, according to CNN.
The letter says that the majority of cultural venues "are unable to magic up new toilet facilities" and "this kind of segregation will have significant social, cultural and economic impact".
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