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facilities

Syllables: fa·cil·i·tiesUK/fəˈsɪlɪtiz//fəˈsɪlɪdiz/

facilities is the plural of facility.

Noun

facilities pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of facility in certain contexts.
    Synonyms:
    facility in certain contexts
  2. (euphemistic, plural, plural-only) Facilities for urination and defecation: a toilet; a lavatory.
    • I christened the facilities, shrugged into my windbreaker, and met Dolan at his door.2002, Sue Grafton, Q Is for Quarry
    • We were in a cell, apparently. It felt more like a dungeon than a prison. There was a pile of straw to one side, apparently to use for sleeping, and there didn’t appear to be any ‘facilities’ besides a bucket by the wall.2007, Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Meaning of facility

Noun

facility (countable and uncountable, plural facilities)

  1. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
    • Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
  2. A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
  3. The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
    • 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?1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  4. Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
    • The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
  5. (Canada, US, in plural) A toilet.
  6. (Scots law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.

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Synonyms of facilities

  • facility in certain contexts

Phrases with facilities

Words that rhyme with facilities

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Questions about facilities

What does facilities mean?
Facilities means synonym of facility in certain contexts.
What is facilities the plural of?
Facilities is the plural of facility.
What part of speech is facilities?
Facilities is a noun.
How do you pronounce facilities?
Facilities is pronounced /fəˈsɪlɪtiz/ (UK).

Words near facilities in the dictionary

  1. facilitators
  2. facilitatory
  3. facilite
  4. facilited
  5. facilites
  6. facilities
  7. facilities maintenance
  8. facilities maintenances
  9. faciliting
  10. facilitory
  11. facility

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