facility

Pronunciation key ( fə-sil′ə-ti ) ( fə-sil′ə-tē )

fa•cil•i•ty

n.

[ <L facilitas, -tatis ability < facere do]

[ <Fr. facilité; facilitas easiness < facilis easy]

1. absence of difficulty in doing something, dexterity.
2. a ready skill, being easily performed
3. tendency to be fluent, ease in performance.
4. yielding, pliancy, readiness of compliance, easy-going, affable.
5. easy-going
6. aptitude
7. some thing that makes an action easier
8. any aid or convenience, facilities to travel, i.e. transportation facilities,
9. an organization or business, built or installed to serve a particular function, a hospital or government facility.

n. pl. FACILITIES (-tiz)

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1976

Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus, ©2004