facility

English

/fəˈsɪlɪti/

noun
Definitions
  • The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.
  • Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
  • The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
  • An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
  • (North America) A toilet.
  • (Scotland) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
  • (dated) Affability.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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