facility
English meaning: Facility
Definition
The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.
Example
“The new sports facility includes a pool and a climbing wall.”
Another example: “She has a remarkable facility for picking up new languages.”
Usage — When, Where & How
A noun with two distinct senses: a building or place provided for a purpose ('sports facility', 'medical facility'), and the formal quality of doing something easily ('a facility for languages'); the 'building' sense is far more common in modern usage.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Latin 'facilitas' (easiness), from 'facilis' (easy), from 'facere' (to do); the 'building or service' sense developed in the 19th century.
Synonyms
- proficiency
- privy
- adroitness
- john
- technique
- lavatory
- installation
- deftness
- readiness
- lav
Antonyms / Opposites
- difficulty
- ineptitude
Related Words
Common Collocations
- medical facility
- sports facility
- storage facility
- state-of-the-art facility
- correctional facility
- facility for
Word Forms
facility (sing.); facilities (pl.)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
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