Facility

//fəˈsɪlɪti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you wordnet
  3. 3
    A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service wordnet
  5. 5
    The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity. countable, uncountable

    "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?"

Show 8 more definitions
  1. 6
    a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry wordnet
  2. 7
    Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. countable, uncountable

    "The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled."

  3. 8
    a natural effortlessness wordnet
  4. 9
    Clipping of credit facility. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    skillful performance or ability without difficulty wordnet
  6. 11
    A toilet. Canada, US, countable, in-plural, uncountable
  7. 12
    A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    Affability. countable, dated, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās. By surface analysis, facile + -ity. Doublet of faculty.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: facility