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Noun: facility  fu'si-li-tee
  1. A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
    "the assembly plant is an enormous facility";
    - installation
     
  2. Skilful performance or ability without difficulty
    "he was famous for his facility as an archer";
    - adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness
     
  3. A natural effortlessness
    "they conversed with great facility";
    - readiness
     
  4. Something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
    "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities"
     
  5. A service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
    "a cell phone with internet facility"

Derived forms: facilities

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], effortlessness, service, skilfulness [Brit, Cdn], skillfulness [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Facility