Facility
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /fəˈsɪlᵻti/
Origin
From Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitÄs.
Full definition of facility
Noun
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?
- 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, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 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.