facility

 
Pronunciation: /fəˈsɪlɪti/

noun (plural facilities)

  • 1a place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose: cooking facilities facilities for car parking a manufacturing facility
  • a special feature of a service or machine, which offers the opportunity to do or benefit from something: an overdraft facility
  • 2 [usually in singular] a natural ability to do or learn something well and easily: he had a facility for languages
  • [mass noun] absence of difficulty or effort: the pianist played with great facility

Origin:

early 16th century (denoting the means or unimpeded opportunity for doing something): from French facilité or Latin facilitas, from facilis 'easy' (see facile)

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