26984 words

facility

11 definitions • 21 examples
1

Examples:

a nuclear research facility
a military facility
a new sports facility
nuclear facility Missile strikes were aimed at the country's nuclear facilities.
care facility Most of these people are living in long-term care facilities.
3
a polite way of referring to a toilet in a public place:

Examples:

use the facilities There is no running water in the annex, so students have to go over to the main buildings to use the facilities.
4
an ability to do something easily or well:

Examples:

facility for His facility for languages is astonishing.
5
a feature of a product that allows you to do something:

Examples:

a computer with a speech recognition facility
overdraft facility UK He asked the bank to increase his overdraft facility.
6
an ability or skill at doing something:

Examples:

His facility for memorizing dates was astonishing.
7
something such as a place, building, or equipment used for a particular purpose or activity:

Examples:

The new sports facility has a swimming pool.
8
equipment, rooms, etc. that are provided for people to use:

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9
a building or area that is used for a particular activity or purpose:

Examples:

The company is building a $4m training facility in Oakland.
She works as a chaplain in a juvenile detention facility.
10
an arrangement that lets someone borrow money from a bank or other financial institution for an agreed period of time or up to a particular amount:

Examples:

a borrowing/overdraft/credit facility Do you have an overdraft facility on your account?
The company has secured a $2m debt facility from another bank.
11
a special feature on a machine, computer, piece of software, etc. that enables you to do something:

Examples:

Another useful facility of the software is an embedded dictionary.

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