facility (n.)

  1. a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; the assembly plant is an enormous facility

    [ Syn: installation ]

  2. skillful performance or ability without difficulty; his quick adeptness was a product of good design; he was famous for his facility as an archer

    [ Syn: adeptness , adroitness , deftness , quickness ]

  3. a natural effortlessness; they conversed with great facility; a happy readiness of conversation--Jane Austen

    [ Syn: readiness ]

  4. something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; catering facilities; toilet facilities; educational facilities'

  5. a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you; a cell phone with internet facility'

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