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facility

facility

100 3.2
A feature in a device or system that helps people do an activity
  • noun
  • /fəˈsɪlɪti/
translation icon : 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
47 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

651 2.4

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

222 4.8

Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard

Compounds

nuclear facility
  • Specialized
24 4.5

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

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

10 4.2

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

A building where people go to see doctors and get treatment

A place for sports and exercise like a gym or stadium

A public place for sports and other fun activities

A room or building with toilets for public use

1 4.4

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

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

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

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

1 6.0

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

7.0

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

wind energy facility
  • Specialized
3.7

A place with tall machines that use wind to make electricity

How Useful

infrastructure
487 3.8
facility
100 3.2
feature
566 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.