facility
25
4.2
- noun
- /fəˈsɪlɪti/
:
facilidad
- His facility with numbers made him an excellent accountant.
- facility with language
- verbal facility
- facility and familiarity
He had the natural gifts and facilities of a prodigy.
- He had the natural gifts and facilities of a prodigy.
- They, they have such facility with describing internal states.
- And you developed a facility to resume a state of equanimity.
Examples
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The ultimate aim was to develop reading skills and a facility in translating texts from one language to another.
Academic text (1994) -
And you developed a facility to resume a state of equanimity.
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And I have a natural facility to speak.
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And by now you should have the facility to play around with these device elements.
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We picked you because of your facility with computers.
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Turns out I had a real facility for math.
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The politicos' second defining feature is their facility with Assembly procedure.
Academic text (1990) -
Improvisation takes place when a musician's aural and technical facilities combine to create a spontaneous form of musical expression.
Academic text (1995) -
Pygmy chimpanzees, although not toolmakers in the wild, have shown great facility in captivity.
Academic text (1995) -
She has a natural facility for learning new languages quickly.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Ability to do something well because of practice or training
866
1.2
An ability someone has naturally to do something well
69
4.1
Ability to do a task well because of skill and knowledge
3
3.6
Able to speak or move easily and without thinking
1
5.1
Skill and quick ease when using your hands
1
3.4
A skill in working with data and digital tools easily and confidently
1
5.6
A high level of skill at doing something
1
7.5
Ability to do things quickly and well
The quality of having the skill or power to do something
The ability to do work and handle tasks well
A quality of being very good at doing something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
24
4.5
A place that uses energy from atoms to make electricity or do research
- Formal
10
4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
- Specialized
1
4.4
A place that gives long-term medical care and help for people recovering
1
3.2
A public place or building where people play sports and enjoy leisure activities
- Formal
1
6.0
A building that holds people as punishment for crimes to protect the public
- Formal
A place where people who broke the law stay to learn better behaviour and get help
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Facility comes from the Latin facilis meaning 'easy'. When we talk about someone's facility for a skill, we mean they can do it with ease, so the word here points to a natural ability to 'do' things easily.