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Facilities Extra Fəˈsɪləti Examples Private Hotel Noun Leisure/Sports

Word3 facility
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /fəˈsɪləti/ /fəˈsɪləti/
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  • leisure/sports facilities
  • medical/recreational/educational facilities
  • shopping/banking/cooking facilities
  • recycling facilities are provided.
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facility

(noun)/fəˈsɪləti/ /fəˈsɪləti/
  1. buildings, services, equipment, etc. that are provided for a particular purpose
    • leisure/sports facilities
    • medical/recreational/educational facilities
    • shopping/banking/cooking facilities
    • Recycling facilities are provided.
    • The school is upgrading its outdoor play facilities.
    • They provide facilities management services to corporations, hospitals and universities.
    • There are not enough facilities for families with young children.
    • All rooms have private facilities (= a private bathroom).

    Extra Examples

    • All bedrooms offer private facilities.
    • Facilities include a large indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.
    • I made full use of the computing facilities.
    • The communal facilities were in a bad state.
    • The hotel provides excellent facilities for children.
    • The hotel has special facilities for welcoming disabled people.
    • There are childcare facilities on site.
    • Residents complain about a lack of healthcare facilities in the area.
    • The railway station was criticized for its lack of disabled facilities.
    • The airport plans to improve internet facilities in its terminals.
    • The new headquarters house offices, restaurants, and conference facilities.
    • The school has no facilities for the teaching of music.
    • The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.
    • We are looking to upgrade the existing facilities.
    • The report warns that there are no back-up facilities if the reprocessing plant breaks down.
    • a hotel with only basic facilities
    • hospitals, schools and other major community facilities
    • to improve access to essential facilities
    • training and other support facilities
  2. a place, usually including buildings, used for a particular purpose or activity
    • the world’s largest nuclear waste facility
    • a new healthcare facility
    • a production/manufacturing/research/storage facility
    • a detention/correctional facility (= a prison)

    Extra Examples

    • A doctor visited the facility and found deplorable conditions.
    • She trains with the team at their practice facility.
    • The 100 000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA's research.
    • The company expects to open its facility by late September.
    • The old facility is now used for storage of dry products.
    • He spent 90 days at the county's local correctional facility.
    • residents of long-term care facilities
    • prisoners in state and federal facilities
    • plans to renovate an existing facility
    • a water treatment facility
    • a temporary storage facility for blood samples
    • a production facility located in New Mexico
    • a new facility for military training
    • a mental health facility
  3. a special feature of a machine, service, etc. that makes it possible to do something extra
    • a bank account with an overdraft facility
    • This facility allows the user to input text in various forms onto the screen and thus create a true newspaper page.
    • a facility for checking spelling

    Extra Examples

    • The archive offers a central facility for cataloguing and indexing data.
    • The device has a facility for storing any sound you like.
    • The software's ‘list’ facility allows users to compile their own list.
  4. a natural ability to learn or do something easily
    • She has a facility for languages.
    • He plays the piano with surprising facility.

    Extra Examples

    • He played with great facility.
    • She showed an amazing facility for mind-reading.

    Word Origin

    • early 16th cent. (denoting the means or unimpeded opportunity for doing something): from French facilité or Latin facilitas, from facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘do, make’.
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