facility
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
facility (plural facilities)
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:
- Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of Carneades, what opinion he was of. Why hath Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. [from 16th c.]
- The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]
- Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion[1]:
- As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
- (North America, in the plural) A toilet. [from 20th c.]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
dexterity, skill
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physical means of doing something
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