facility
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ɪ 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.
the quality of being easily or conveniently done or performed.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | ease of action or performance; freedom from difficulty |
| 2. | ready skill or ease deriving from practice or familiarity |
| 3. | (often plural) the means or equipment facilitating the performance of an action |
| 4. | rare easy-going disposition |
| 5. | military an organization or building offering supporting capability |
| 6. | (usually plural) a euphemistic word for lavatory |
| [C15: from Latin facilitās, from facilis easy; see | |
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Word Origin & History
facility
early 15c., from M.Fr. facilité, from L. facilitatem, from facilis "easy" (see facile). Its sense in English moved from "genteelness" to "opportunity" (1510s), to "aptitude, ease" (1530s). Meaning "place for doing something," which makes the word so beloved of journalists
and fuzzy writers, first recorded 1872.
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Example sentences
In a few years, there may not be the funds to operate the facility.
His facility with vocabulary and various sentence structures is apparent.
Maybe you worked with faculty in other departments in designing renovations to your science facility.
Then the offloaded crude oil would still have to be processed at a refining facility.
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