facility

/fə'siliti/
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facility

The new sports facility has an indoor swimming pool and a running track.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A service, piece of equipment, or system provided for a particular purpose: A resource or amenity offered by an organization or a piece of technology.
    • A building, room, or set of rooms designed for a specific function: A place or complex built to serve a particular industry, activity, or public need.
    • A natural ability to do something easily and well; a lack of difficulty: Effortless skill, aptitude, or fluency in performing an action or task.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Service/Equipment):
    • The hotel offers a business center facility for its guests.
    • This software includes a backup facility.
  • Noun (Building/Place):
    • The new sports facility includes a pool and a gym.
    • The manufacturing facility employs over 500 people.
  • Noun (Ease/Ability):
    • She speaks French with remarkable facility.
    • He solved the complex equations with surprising facility.
Advanced Usage
  • "with facility": Used to describe doing something with great ease or skill.
    • The pianist played the sonata with astonishing facility.
  • "to afford a facility": To provide or make available a particular service or convenience.
    • The campus affords excellent research facilities.
Variants and Related Words
  • Facilitate (verb): To make an action or process easier.
    • The new software facilitates online collaboration.
  • Facilitation (noun): The act of making something easier.
    • Her facilitation of the meeting was very effective.
  • Facilitator (noun): A person who helps a group discuss issues or learn together.
    • The workshop facilitator guided the discussion.
Synonyms
  • Amenity: A desirable or useful feature of a place.
  • Resource: A stock or supply of materials or assets that can be drawn on.
  • Proficiency: A high degree of skill; expertise.
  • Fluency: The ability to express oneself easily and articulately.
Related Phrases
  • Recreational facility: A place designed for leisure activities (e.g., park, community center).
  • Storage facility: A building or space used for keeping items.
  • Banking facilities: The services provided by a bank.
Idioms
  • "To have a facility for (something)": To have a natural talent or aptitude for doing something easily.
    • She has a real facility for learning languages.
facility

The new sports facility has an indoor swimming pool and a running track.

Noun
  1. a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
    • a cell phone with internet facility
  2. something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
    • catering facilities
    • toilet facilities
    • educational facilities
  3. a natural effortlessness
    • they conversed with great facility
    • a happy readiness of conversation--Jane Austen
  4. skillful performance or ability without difficulty
    • his quick adeptness was a product of good design
    • he was famous for his facility as an archer
  5. a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
    • the assembly plant is an enormous facility