facility
Pronunciation: /fəˈsɪlɪti/
The English word “facility” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
- A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
- A toilet.
- A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
- Affability.
Etymology
From Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās. By surface analysis, facile + -ity. Doublet of faculty.
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