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fa·cil·i·ty

 (f-sl-t)

n. pl. fa·cil·i·ties

1.

a. Ease in moving, acting, or doing: "a soldier who was expected to be able to fell a tree ... or build a bridge with equal facility" (Bruce I. Gudmundsson).

b. An ability or talent; an aptitude: "He was a mediocre student who had a facility for absorbing details without curiosity" (Jhumpa Lahiri).

2. often facilities

a. A building, room, array of equipment, or a number of such things, designed to serve a particular function: hospitals and other health care facilities.

b. Something that facilitates an action or process: The region has very poor transportation facilities.

3. facilities Informal A restroom or public toilet.

facility

(fslt)

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. easy-going disposition

5. (Military) military an organization or building offering supporting capability

6. (usually plural) a euphemistic word for lavatory

[C15: from Latin facilits, from facilis easy; see facile]

facility

(fsl ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. Often, facilities.

a. something designed, built, or installed to afford a specific convenience or service: a new research facility.

b. Usually, facilities. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: a hotel with facilities for conferences.

2. readiness or ease due to skill, aptitude, or practice; dexterity.

3. an easy-flowing manner.

4. the quality of being easily or conveniently done or performed.

5. Usually, facilities. a rest room.

6. lack of difficulty; ease.

[13751425; late Middle English (facilits; see facile]

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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

facility

noun

3. ability, skill, talent, gift, craft, efficiency, knack, fluency, proficiency, dexterity, quickness, adroitness, expertness, skilfulness They shared a facility for languages.

4. ease, readiness, fluency, smoothness, effortlessness He had always spoken with facility.
ease pains, difficulty, hardship, awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness

5. establishment Some doctors were working all day in one medical facility, then working night shifts in private hospitals.

facility

noun

1. The ability to perform without apparent effort:

2. Ready skill in expression:

3. Anything that increases physical comfort.Often used in plural:

Translations

facility

[fslt] N

facility

[fslt] n

facility

(fsilti) noun

1. ease or quickness. She showed great facility in learning languages. gemak, vernuf facilidade lehkost, dovednost die Leichtigkeit anlæg ; facilidad kergus helppous facilité , , lakoa, spretnost könnyedség kecepatan færni, snerpa facilità lengvumas spjas kecepatan talent letthet ; ferdighet ; anlegg (for)atwo : facilidade uurin ahkos lahkota lakoa lätthet, ledighet, flinkhet yatknlk , kh nng hc hoc làm vic gì d dàng

2. a skill. He has a great facility for always being right. vaardigheid, behendigheid facilidade dovednost die Gewandtheit evne; talent ; facilidad oskus taito aisance , , sposobnost, lakoa képesség keahlian færni abilità sugebjimas izveicba kebolehan talent evne ; dyktighet zdolno facilidade/condão îndemânare vynachádzavos sposobnost vetina färdighet yetenek ; k nng; s khéo léo

noun plural

facilities the means to do something. There are facilities for cooking. gerief, fasiliteit meios vybavení die Einrichtung udstyr; anlæg (.) instalaciones vahendid välineet installations sredstva, oprema, ureaji lehetség(ek) sarana aðstaða attrezzature*, mezzi* renginiai iespjas; izdevba kemudahan gelegenheden utstyr ; hjelpemidler; innretningerrodki ; moliwo possibilidades/meios con­di­ii; ustensile, acce­sorii vybavenie, zariadenie; monosti naprave sredstvo möjlighet[er] gereçler, araçlar ; nhng tin nghi

facility

n. facilidad; instalación; [conveniences] pl. comodidades; servicios en general.

facility

n (pl -ties) centro, hospital m, asilo, residencia; skilled nursing (US) centro de enfermería especializada, asilo or residencia para enfermos o discapacitados que requieren servicios de enfermería

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