facility [ fa·cil·i·ty ]
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Noun (facilities)
1. A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose.
a manufacturing facility
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2. A special feature of a service or machine, which offers the opportunity to do or benefit from something.
an overdraft facility
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3. A natural ability to do or learn something well and easily.
he had a facility for languages
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4. Absence of difficulty or effort.
However, his non-Punjabi audience may not feel estranged as he writes with ease and facility.
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Origin
1. Early 16th century (denoting the means or unimpeded opportunity for doing something): from French facilité or Latin facilitas, from facilis ‘easy’ (see facile).

