facilities

Variant of facility

facility definition

fa·cil·ity (fə sil′ə tē)

noun pl. facilities -·ties

  1. ease of doing or making; absence of difficulty
  2. a ready ability; skill; dexterity; fluency
  3. the means by which something can be done poor transportation facilities
  4. a building, special room, etc. that facilitates or makes possible some activity a new facility for outpatient treatment
  5. Now Rare a tendency to be easygoing, yielding, etc.

Etymology: ME & OFr facilite < L facilitas, easiness < facilis, facile

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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