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

Princeton's WordNet(2.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. facilitynoun

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

   Etymology: From facilité, and its source, facilitas.

2. facilitynoun

   Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.

   The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.

   Etymology: From facilité, and its source, facilitas.

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.

   Etymology: From facilité, and its source, facilitas.

4. facilitynoun

   A toilet.

   Etymology: From facilité, and its source, facilitas.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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  

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Effortlessness
   • Service
   • Skillfulness

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

How to pronounce facility?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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How to say facility in sign language?

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. Asuman Lukwago:

   The team has been contracted for a period of 30 days to offer case management at the health facility level.

2. Anselme Mungwayitheka:

   We didn't have much equipment in this facility, when we received patients, we just had to put on protective gloves. After caring for them, we had to remove the gloves, but the patient had touched almost all the doors.

3. Leslie Walker:

   There's very little to do, it was built as a punishment facility. The thing in corrections is that you don't want people to like it there. Some people have been there since it opened, and those people are excruciatingly bored or scared or both.

4. Dorothy L. Sayers:

   A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

5. Matt Felder:

   In two hours' time, we transferred 19 NICU babies from that facility to our main campus, they did it in record time, 19 babies across the city in under two hours.

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