facility

Pronunciation: /fəˈsɪlɪti/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
  2. noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
  3. noun a natural effortlessness; ; --Jane Austen

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

installation

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
artifact
Narrower (hyponyms)
gas system, course, range, athletic facility, source, power system

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