facility
/fəˈsɪlɪti/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour."
- "A wide range of facilities is available at the sports center, including a weight room and saunas."
- "As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities."
- "Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of Carneades, what opinion he was of. Why hath Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?"
- "Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph."
- "The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled."
Etymology
From Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās. By surface analysis, facile + -ity. Doublet of faculty.