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facility

[ fuh-sil-i-tee ]

noun

plural facilities.
  1. Often facilities.
    1. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service:

      transportation facilities;

      educational facilities;

      a new research facility.

    2. 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.

  2. readiness or ease due to skill, aptitude, or practice; dexterity:

    to compose with great facility.

  3. ready compliance:

    Her facility in organizing and directing made her an excellent supervisor.

  4. an easy-flowing manner:

    facility of style.

  5. the quality of being easily or conveniently done or performed.
  6. Often facilities. Informal. a restroom, especially one for use by the public, as in a theater or restaurant.
  7. freedom from difficulty, controversy, misunderstanding, etc.:

    facility of understanding.



facility

/ fəˈsɪlɪtɪ /

noun

  1. ease of action or performance; freedom from difficulty
  2. ready skill or ease deriving from practice or familiarity
  3. often plural the means or equipment facilitating the performance of an action
  4. rare.
    easy-going disposition
  5. military an organization or building offering supporting capability
  6. usually plural a euphemistic word for lavatory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • non·fa·cil·i·ty noun plural nonfacilities
  • o·ver·fa·cil·i·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of facility1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English facilite, from Middle French or directly from Latin facilitās; facile, -ity
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Word History and Origins

Origin of facility1

C15: from Latin facilitās , from facilis easy; see facile
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Example Sentences

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In order to meet the growing regional need, the center says it is expanding its hospital facility, increasing its rescue capacity and securing research funding to better understand toxic algae blooms.

The company said the oil is being sent to the onshore Las Flores Canyon processing facility for storage, but was clear that full use of the onshore pipelines had yet to begin.

On a recent visit to a facility treating malnourished children younger than 5, she said she saw kids who were “walking skeletons like I haven’t seen in a decade.”

From Salon

“This facility is one of the tools in our toolkit that we will use if you commit crimes against the American people,” Noem said, describing those sent there as the “worst of the worst.”

From Salon

To address some of the shortages, the university is building a $156-million instructional facility as well as hundreds of new apartments.

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