facility

Definition of Facility in English :

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Noun

1. facility, installation

a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

Example Sentences:
'the assembly plant is an enormous facility'

installation

2. adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness

skillful performance or ability without difficulty

Example Sentences:
'his quick adeptness was a product of good design'
'he was famous for his facility as an archer'

3. facility, readiness

a natural effortlessness

Example Sentences:
'they conversed with great facility'
'a happy readiness of conversation'

readiness

4. facility

something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service

Example Sentences:
'catering facilities'
'toilet facilities'
'educational facilities'

5. facility

a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you

Example Sentences:
'a cell phone with internet facility'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Facility

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noun plural -ties

ease of action or performance; freedom from difficulty

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

Facility

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nounWord forms: plural faˈcilities

ease of doing or making; absence of difficulty

a ready ability; skill; dexterity; fluency

3. [usually pl.]

the means by which something can be done

poor transportation facilities

a building, special room, etc. that facilitates or makes possible some activity

a new facility for outpatient treatment

5. Rare

a tendency to be easygoing, yielding, etc.

Facility

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n. pl. fa·cil·i·ties

a. Ease in moving, acting, or doing: "a soldier who was expected to be able to fell a tree ... or build a bridge with equal facility" (Bruce I. Gudmundsson).

b. An ability or talent; an aptitude: "He was a mediocre student who had a facility for absorbing details without curiosity" (Jhumpa Lahiri).

2. often facilities

a. A building, room, array of equipment, or a number of such things, designed to serve a particular function: hospitals and other health care facilities.

b. Something that facilitates an action or process: The region has very poor transportation facilities.

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