facility

fa·cil·i·ty  (f-sl-t)

n. pl. fa·cil·i·ties

1. Ease in moving, acting, or doing; aptitude: "an extreme facility in acquiring new dialects" W.H. Hudson.

2. Readiness to be persuaded; pliability.

3. Something that facilitates an action or process. Often used in the plural. See Synonyms at amenity.

4. Something created to serve a particular function: hospitals and other health care facilities.

5. facilities Informal A restroom.

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facility

Noun

pl -ties

1. facilities the means or equipment needed for an activity: leisure and shopping facilities

2. the ability to do things easily and well

3. skill or ease: grown human beings can forget with remarkable facility [Latin facilis easy]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	facility - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" installation artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole airfield, flying field, landing field, field - a place where planes take off and land arboretum, botanical garden - a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition athletic facility - a facility for athletic events backroom - the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations cafeteria facility - (usually plural) facilities for providing food for employees or visitors communication equipment, communication system - facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information course - facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport; "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile" depositary, depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping drive-in - any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles meeting place, forum, assembly - a public facility to meet for open discussion gas system - facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service zoo, zoological garden, menagerie - the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition military installation - any facility servicing military forces power grid, power system, grid - a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region range - a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice" recreation facility, recreational facility - a public facility for recreation sewage system, sewage works, sewer system - facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage source - a facility where something is available station - a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" transportation, transportation system, transit - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods utility - a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities" water supply, water system, water - a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water"
	2.	facility - skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful touch - deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch" dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight - adroitness in using the hands
	3.	facility - a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen readiness effortlessness - the quality of requiring little effort; "such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice"
	4.	facility - something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities" artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room, comfort station, convenience - a toilet that is available to the public
	5.	facility - a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you; "a cell phone with internet facility" service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"

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facility

noun 1. (often plural) amenity, means, aid, opportunity, advantage, resource, equipment, provision, convenience, appliance

noun 2. opportunity, possibility, convenience

noun 3. ability, skill, talent, gift, craft, efficiency, knack, fluency, proficiency, dexterity, quickness, adroitness, expertness, skilfulness

noun 4. ease, readiness, fluency, smoothness, effortlessness << OPPOSITE difficulty

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A real property entity consisting of one or more of the following: a building, a structure, a utility system, pavement, and underlying land. See also air facility.

Translations

facility [fəˈsɪlɪtɪ] n → facilidad f;

facilities npl → instalaciones fpl;

credit facility → facilidades de crédito

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facility [fəˈsɪlɪtɪ] n → facilité f

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facility [fəˈsɪlɪtɪ] n → Einrichtung f;

to have a facility for (skill, aptitude) → eine Begabung haben für

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facility [fəˈsɪlɪtɪ] n → facilità;

facilities npl → attrezzature fpl;

credit facilities → facilitazioni fpl di credito