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facility

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noun/fəˈsɪlɪti/
  1. 1

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

    • Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
    • A wide range of facilities is available at the sports center, including a weight room and saunas.
  2. 2

    A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.countableuncountable

  3. 3

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

    • Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of Carneades, what opinion he was of. Why hath Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?
  4. 4

    Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.countableuncountable

    • The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
  5. 5

    Clipping of credit facility.abbreviationalt-ofclipping

  6. 6

    A toilet.CanadaUScountable

  7. 7

    A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.countableuncountable

  8. 8

    Affability.countabledateduncountable

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