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facility

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  1. (countable, uncountable) The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of credit facility.
  6. (Canada, US, countable, in-plural, uncountable) A toilet.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
  8. (countable, dated, uncountable) Affability.

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fəˈsɪlɪti/
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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