facility

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A building or place provided for a particular purpose or service.

   The town built a new sports facility with a pool and courts.

2. 2
   noun

   A feature of a piece of equipment or service that lets you do something.

   This phone has a facility for storing thousands of photos.

3. 3
   noun

   A natural ability to do something easily and well.

   She has a remarkable facility for learning languages.

From Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās. By surface analysis, facile + -ity. Doublet of faculty.

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