facility
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/fəˈsɪlɪti/]
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1. facility (noun) — sense 1
Definition: The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
Example: Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
2. facility (noun) — sense 2
Definition: A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
3. facility (noun) — sense 3
Definition: The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
Example: 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?
Structure of the word
Roots:- dʰeh₁ (Proto-Indo-European)
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