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noun, plural fa·cil·i·ties.
1.
Often, facilities.
a.
something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility.
b.
something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
2.
readiness or ease due to skill, aptitude, or practice; dexterity: to compose with great facility.
3.
ready compliance: Her facility in organizing and directing made her an excellent supervisor.
4.
an easy-flowing manner: facility of style.
5.
EXPANDthe quality of being easily or conveniently done or performed.
6.
Often, facilities. Informal. a rest room, especially one for use by the public, as in a theater or restaurant.
7.
COLLAPSEfreedom from difficulty, controversy, misunderstanding, etc.: facility of understanding.
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Facilities
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- School facilities are excellent and include a financial trading room and an e-commerce laboratory for teaching and research.
- The main university campus offers the full range of services and facilities for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Researchers used tobacco plants as manufacturing facilities to make protein to combat cancer.
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Word Origin & History
facilities
opportunities, 1809, pl. of facility. Sense of physical means of doing something is from 1872.
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