English Explanatory Dictionary

facility

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
  2. A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
  3. The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
  4. Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
  5. Clipping of credit facility.
  6. A toilet.
  7. A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
  8. Affability.

Pronunciation

/fəˈsɪlɪti/ en-us-facility.ogg

Word forms

facility facilities

Etymology

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

Synonyms

ease knack ability technique aptitude capacity craft capability competency competence cunning dexterity facility hand list prowess moxie potential proficiency skill talent tekkers touch

Derived words

correctional facility cryofacility dining facility facility maintenance facility management facility time facility trip infacility interfacility materials recovery facility multifacility N-facility nonfacility
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