facility
[ fuh-sil-i-tee ]
/ fəˈsɪl ɪ ti /
noun, plural fa·cil·i·ties.
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Origin of facility
Related formsnon·fa·cil·i·ty, noun, plural non·fa·cil·i·ties.o·ver·fa·cil·i·ty, noun
Can be confusedfacile facilitate facility felicitate
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British Dictionary definitions for facility's
facility
/ (fəˈsɪlɪtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
ease of action or performance; freedom from difficulty
ready skill or ease deriving from practice or familiarity
(often plural) the means or equipment facilitating the performance of an action
rare easy-going disposition
military an organization or building offering supporting capability
(usually plural) a euphemistic word for lavatory
Word Origin for facility
C15: from Latin facilitās, from facilis easy; see facile
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Word Origin and History for facility's
facility
early 15c., "gentleness," from Middle French facilité, from Latin facilitatem (nominative facilitas) "easiness, ease, fluency, willingness," from facilis "easy" (see facile). Its sense in English moved from "genteelness" to "opportunity" (1510s), to "aptitude, ease" (1530s). Meaning "place for doing something," which makes the word so beloved of journalists and fuzzy writers, first recorded 1872.
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