What does facility mean?

Definitions for facility
fəˈsɪl ɪ tifa·cil·i·ty

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word facility.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. facility, installationnoun

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

    "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"

  2. adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quicknessnoun

    skillful performance or ability without difficulty

    "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

  3. facility, readinessnoun

    a natural effortlessness

    "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen

  4. facilitynoun

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

    "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities"

  5. facilitynoun

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

    "a cell phone with internet facility"

Wiktionary

  1. facilitynoun

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

  2. facilitynoun

    Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.

    The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.

  3. facilitynoun

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

    Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.

  4. facilitynoun

    A toilet.

  5. Etymology: From facilité, and its source, facilitas.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Facilitynoun

    Etymology: facilitè, French; facilitas, Latin.

    Yet reason faith, reason should have ability
    To hold these worldly things in such proportion,
    As let them come or go with even facility. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    Piety could not be diverted from this to a more commodious business by any motives of profit or facility. Walter Raleigh.

    A war upon the Turks is more worthy than upon any other Gentiles, both in point of religion and in point of honour; though facility and hope of success might invite some other choice. Francis Bacon, holy War.

    They who have studied have not only learned many excellent things, but also have acquired a great facility of profiting themselves by reading good authors. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

    The facility which we get of doing things, by a custom of doing, makes them often pass in us without our notice. John Locke.

    Facility is worse than bribery; for bribes come now and then: but if importunity or idle respects lead a man, he shall never be without. Francis Bacon, Essay 11.

    ’Tis a great error to take facility for good-nature; tenderness, without discretion, is no better than a more pardonable folly. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 30.

    He opens and yields himself to the man of business with difficulty and reluctancy; but offers himself to the visits of a friend with facility, and all the meeting readiness of appetite and desire. Robert South, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. facility

    A facility is a place, often a building or structure, designed or used for a particular activity, function, or service. This can include institutions like schools or hospitals, commercial or industrial structures like factories or power plants, or even recreational places like sports stadiums or parks. Additionally, a facility can also refer to a resource, service, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Facilitynoun

    the quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation

  2. Facilitynoun

    ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art

  3. Facilitynoun

    easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy

  4. Facilitynoun

    easiness of access; complaisance; affability

  5. Facilitynoun

    that which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. facility

    A real property entity consisting of one or more of the following: a building, a structure, a utility system, pavement, and underlying land. See also air facility.

Editors Contribution

  1. facility

    A type of property created and designed for a specific purpose.

    They did sit together and start to forward plan their wedding together.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 28, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'facility' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4174

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'facility' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4004

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'facility' in Nouns Frequency: #461

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of facility in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of facility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of facility in a Sentence

  1. Derasha Merrett:

    She was a wonderful mother, a wonderful person, i have cried so much, I cant cry anymore. She leaves behind a newborn and older daughter. Oglesby aspired to work with children. We grew up as cousins,Merrett said. We grew up in the same church, on the same drill team. She works at my kids daycare. We all grew up in this little town. Were all family. Were all hurting behind this. Derrick Fudge, 57 TheSpringfield, Ohio resident was out with family members when he was killed, a sister of one of the shooting victims told the Daily News. Derrick Fudge (Facebook ) They were all just down there enjoying themselves and had stepped out of, I think, one of the clubs and were in a line to get some food, saidTwyla Southall. Logan Turner, 30 Logan Turner has just celebrated his birthday on Tuesday and was out with friends Sunday morning, his mother told the Daily News. He obtained an engineering degree from theUniversity of Toledo and worked as a machinist in Springboro, Danita Turner said. He was very generous and loving and the worlds best son, she said. Everyone loved Logan. He was a happy go lucky guy. Springboro High School guidance counselor and coachRyan Wilhite posted a photo of Turner playing football. Heart is broken,he wrote. Such a great young man lost too soon. Praying for comfort and healing for his family and all of his teammates who loved him so much. Rest easy 78. Nicholas Cumer, 25 Nicholas Cumer was a graduate student at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania who was workingas an intern at a Dayton facility for people battling cancer.

  2. Ormat Technologies:

    The lava continues to flow and may reach other wells and areas of the Puna facility.

  3. Kotaro Kohno:

    The light from these galaxies is very faint with long wavelengths invisible to our eyes and undetectable by Hubble, so we turned to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array( ALMA), which is ideal for viewing these kinds of things. I have a long history with that facility and so knew it would deliver good results.

  4. Joseph Borelli:

    Basically youd build a big center and it would be a research facility for professional historians in the future and it would be something that would bring really a world-class academic institution to a part of the city that has a shortage of public colleges and universities, whether liberals like it or not, Trumps archives are going to be housed in a library somewhere, probably in his home state. So this is a positive thing. Its a positive thing for the south side of Chicago, theyre getting the BarackObama library, and I would hope that more people here in New York City would be receptive to this.

  5. Energy Aspects analyst Trevor Sikorksi:

    The facility is showing signs of wear and tear and we have seen a decrease in the operational reliability of Rough over the last couple of years. It is hard to expect that it will get better.

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Translations for facility

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  • تسهيلArabic
  • леснина, приспособления, оборудване, лекотаBulgarian
  • zařízeníCzech
  • Einrichtung, Leichtigkeit, VorrichtungGerman
  • instalación, facilidadSpanish
  • امکانPersian
  • fasiliteetti, taito, taitavuus, laitos, helppous, mukavuudetFinnish
  • facilité, pôle, infrastructure, centre, installationFrench
  • goireasScottish Gaelic
  • सुविधाHindi
  • facilitàItalian
  • מתקןHebrew
  • жарамдуулук, ийкемдүүлүк, зээндүүлүк, жөндөмдүүлүкKyrgyz
  • FacilitéitLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
  • faciliteit, voorziening, aanleg, gemak, inrichtingDutch
  • anleggetNorwegian
  • facilidade, instalaçãoPortuguese
  • facilitateRomanian
  • лёгкость, аппарату́ра, ло́вкость, простота́, приспособление, здание, учреждение, ги́бкость, обору́дованиеRussian
  • infrastruktura, uređajiSerbo-Croatian
  • anläggningenSwedish
  • מעכירעסYiddish
  • 設施Chinese

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