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Meaning of facility | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
fəˈsɪlɪti

Definitions

  1. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
    countable, uncountable
  4. faˈcilities the means to do something. There are facilities for cooking. gerief, fasiliteit تَسْهيلات приспособления meios vybavení die Einrichtung udstyr; anlæg ανέσειςinstalaciones vahendid وسایل؛ امکانات välineet installations מִתקָנִים सुविधा sredstva, oprema, uređaji lehetőség(ek) sarana aðstaða attrezzature*, mezzi* 設備 시설 įrenginiai iespējas; izdevība kemudahan gelegenhedenutstyr, hjelpemidler, innretninger środki, możliwość اسانتيا possibilidades/meios con­di­ţii; ustensile, acce­sorii...
  5. A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation
  6. The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
    countable, uncountable
  7. facilidad; instalación; [conveniences] pl. comodidades; servicios en general.
  8. The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity
  9. Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
    countable, uncountable
  10. 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).
  11. Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent
  12. Clipping of credit facility.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
  13. often facilitiesa. A building, room, array of equipment, or a number of such things, designed to serve a particular function: hospitals and other health care facilities.
  14. Clipping of credit facility
  15. A toilet.
    Canada, US, countable, in-plural, uncountable
  16. facilities Informal A restroom or public toilet.
    Informal
  17. A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
    countable, uncountable
  18. ease of action or performance; freedom from difficulty
  19. Affability.
    countable, dated, uncountable
  20. ready skill or ease deriving from practice or familiarity
  21. (often plural) the means or equipment facilitating the performance of an action
    often plural
  22. rare easy-going disposition
    rare
  23. (Military) military an organization or building offering supporting capability
    military

Equivalents

Bosanski ais pole
Gàidhlig goireas
Galego facilidade
हिन्दी सुविधा
Hrvatski ais pole
Bahasa Indonesia fasilitas
Italiano facilità mezzo strumento struttura
日本語 施設
한국어 시설
Lëtzebuergesch Facilitéit
Română facilitate
Српски ais pole
Svenska anläggning
اردو سہولت
Tiếng Việt cơ số

Examples

“Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.”
“As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.”
“Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of Carneades, what opinion he was of. Why hath Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?”
“Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph.”
“The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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