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facility

facility

6 3.2
A feature in a device or system that helps people do an activity
  • noun
  • /fəˈsɪlɪti/
: función
  • Another factor about corporate sponsorship is that it means the workshop facilities will be state-of-the-art.
  • collateralized credit facility
  • debugging facility
  • postmortem debugging facility

I can get unimpeded communication facilities, right?

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Examples

  • How much do you know about our facility?

  • Also, end users may begin to build their own storage facilities, bundling both gas supply and storage.

    Academic text (1990)
  • These new facilities will help greatly for our visitors and also help with safety.

  • If these attractions are to be appreciated, however, facilities must be available when and where required.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Yeah, we have the great facilities, very strong facilities, and they don't play games.

  • So every school has a duty under the HSE to provide single sex facilities for your children.

  • The knowledge-customization facilities should provide the right knowledge for the right purpose at the right time.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The new community center has several facilities that make it easier for people to stay active.

  • The hotel offers excellent facilities for conferences and meetings, ensuring a smooth experience for attendees.

  • Our school has improved its athletic facilities, providing better equipment and training spaces for students.

Synonyms

amenity
vsfacility
48 4.4

A useful thing in a building or place that makes living more comfortable

focuses on enabling an activity rather than offering comfort

Antonyms

615 2.4

A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand

142 4.8

Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard

Compounds

nuclear facility
  • Specialized
37 4.5

A place that uses energy from atoms to make electricity or do research

30 4.2

A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training

A place where people study and test ideas to learn new things

A building where people go to see doctors and get treatment

A room or building with toilets for public use

A public place for sports and other fun activities

A place for sports and exercise like a gym or stadium

A public place or building where people play sports and enjoy leisure activities

1 4.4

A place that gives long-term medical care and help for people recovering

A place in a harbour where ships stop to be loaded, unloaded, or repaired

A place like a hospital or clinic where people get medical care

1 6.0

A building that holds people as punishment for crimes to protect the public

wind energy facility
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A place with tall machines that use wind to make electricity

7.0

A place where people who broke the law stay to learn better behaviour and get help

How Useful

infrastructure
467 3.8
facility
6 3.2
feature
655 2.5
option
∞ 2.2

Surface Forms

facility singular
facilities plural

Etymology

Facility comes from the Latin facilis 'easy' and facere 'to make'. As a feature or service, a facility is a tool that 'makes' an action easier, so a phone or hotel can offer facilities to help you do things more simply.