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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Facility \Fa*cil"i*ty\ (f[.a]*s[i^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
     Facilities (f[.a]*s[i^]l"[i^]*t[i^]z). [L. facilitas, fr.
     facilis easy: cf. F. facilit['e]. See Facile.]
     1. The quality of being easily performed; freedom from
        difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The facility with which government has been
              overturned in France.                 --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or
        use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in
        executing works of art.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; --
        usually in a bad sense; pliancy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is a great error to take facility for good
              nature.                               --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Easiness of access; complaisance; affability.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Offers himself to the visits of a friend with
              facility.                             --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. That which promotes the ease of any action or course of
        conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the
        plural; as, special facilities for study.
  
     Syn: Ease; expertness; readiness; dexterity; complaisance;
          condescension; affability.
  
     Usage: Facility, Expertness, Readiness. These words
            have in common the idea of performing any act with
            ease and promptitude. Facility supposes a natural or
            acquired power of dispatching a task with lightness
            and ease. Expertness is the kind of facility acquired
            by long practice. Readiness marks the promptitude with
            which anything is done. A merchant needs great
            facility in dispatching business; a banker, great
            expertness in casting accounts; both need great
            readiness in passing from one employment to another.
            ``The facility which we get of doing things by a
            custom of doing, makes them often pass in us without
            our notice.'' --Locke. ``The army was celebrated for
            the expertness and valor of the soldiers.'' ``A
            readiness to obey the known will of God is the surest
            means to enlighten the mind in respect to duty.''
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Facility \Fa*cil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Facilities. [L. facilitas, fr.
     facilis easy: cf. F. facilit?. See Facile.]
     1. The quality of being easily performed; freedom from
        difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.
  
              The facility with which government has been
              overturned in France.                 --Burke.
  
     2. Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or
        use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in
        executing works of art.
  
     3. Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; --
        usually in a bad sense; pliancy.
  
              It is a great error to take facility for good
              nature.                               --L'Estrange.
  
     4. Easiness of access; complaisance; affability.
  
              Offers himself to the visits of a friend with
              facility.                             --South.
  
     5. That which promotes the ease of any action or course of
        conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the
        plural; as, special facilities for study.
  
     Syn: Ease; expertness; readiness; dexterity; complaisance;
          condescension; affability.
  
     Usage: Facility, Expertness, Readiness. These words
            have in common the idea of performing any act with
            ease and promptitude. Facility supposes a natural or
            acquired power of dispatching a task with lightness
            and ease. Expertness is the kind of facility acquired
            by long practice. Readiness marks the promptitude with
            which anything is done. A merchant needs great
            facility in dispatching business; a banker, great
            expertness in casting accounts; both need great
            readiness in passing from one employment to another.
            ``The facility which we get of doing things by a
            custom of doing, makes them often pass in us without
            our notice.'' --Locke. ``The army was celebrated for
            the expertness and valor of the soldiers.'' ``A
            readiness to obey the known will of God is the surest
            means to enlighten the mind in respect to duty.''

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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: services and space and equipment provided for a particular
          purpose; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"
       5: a service that an organization or a piece of equipment
          offers you; "a cell phone with internet facility"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  facility
     n.
     1 The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty,
  simplicity. (from 16th c.)
     2 dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. (from 16th c.)
     3 The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a
  public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure,
  location etc. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  facility
     n.
     1 The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty,
  simplicity. (from 16th c.)
     2 dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. (from 16th c.)
     3 The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a
  public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure,
  location etc. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  facility
     n.
     1 The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty,
  simplicity. (from 16th c.)
     2 dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. (from 16th c.)
     3 The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a
  public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure,
  location etc. (from 19th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  facility
     n.
     1 The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty,
  simplicity. (from 16th c.)
     2 dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. (from 16th c.)
     3 The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a
  public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure,
  location etc. (from 19th c.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  facility
     Englanti n.
     1 taitavuus, helppous, luontevuus
     2 (''monikossa'') mahdollisuus, laite, laitteisto
     3 laitos

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  facility
     Engelska n.
     1 lätthet
     2 enhet
     3 (tagg: text=främst i plural) faciliteter, resurser, möjligheter
     4 anläggning

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Facility /fəsˈɪlɪti/
  الوسيلة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  facility //fəˈsɪlɪti// 
  1. сръ́чност, уме́ние
  dexterity, skill
  2. лекота́, леснина́
  fact of being easy
  3. съоръжение
  institution
  4. обору́дване, приспособление, съоръже́ние
  physical means or contrivance for doing something

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  facility /fəsˈɪlɪti/ 
  zručnost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  facility /fəsˈɪlɪti/ 
  zařízení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  facility /fəsˈɪlɪti/ 
  možnost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  facility /fəsˈɪlɪti/ 
  podnik