facility
[noun]
Synonyms:
- skill, ability, adroitness, dexterity, ease, efficiency, effortlessness, fluency, proficiency
- often plural: equipment, advantage, aid, amenity, appliance, convenience, means, opportunity, resource

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Contrasted words: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, rigidity, stiffness, woodenness, effort, exertion, pains, difficulty, hardship, inconvenience
Related Words: skill, wit, aptitude, bent, leaning, propensity, turn, abandon, spontaneity, unconstraint, address, poise, tact, effortlessness, lightness, smoothness, accommodation, advantage, aid, fitting

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English Thesaurus: building, property, premises, complex, development, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

fa‧cil‧i‧ty S2 W1 AC /fəˈsɪləti, fəˈsɪlɪti/ noun (plural facilities)

1. facilities [plural] rooms, equipment, or services that are provided for a particular purpose:
All rooms have private facilities (=private bathroom and toilet).
The hotel has its own pool and leisure facilities.
toilet facilities
childcare facilities

2. [countable usually singular] a special part of a piece of equipment or a system which makes it possible to do something:
Is there a call-back facility on this phone?
a bank account with an overdraft facility

3. [countable] a place or building used for a particular activity or industry, or for providing a particular type of service:
a top-secret research facility
the finest indoor sports facility in the US

4. [singular] a natural ability to do something easily and well Synonym : talent
facility for
She has an amazing facility for languages.

5. the facilities American English spoken the toilet, used to be polite:
Excuse me, I have to use the facilities.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

facility
noun
I. facilities buildings/services/equipment
ADJ. excellent, first-class, good | adequate, appropriate, proper, suitable | inadequate, poor | basic, limited a hotel with only basic facilities
modern, up-to-date | extensive | extra | available, existing We are looking to upgrade the existing facilities.
essential, necessary to improve access to essential facilities
local, community hospitals, schools and other major community facilities
communal, shared The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.
public | disabled The railway station was criticized for its lack of disabled facilities.
conference | airport, hotel | bar, holiday, leisure, play, recreational, social, sporting/sports | transport, travel | parking | shopping | storage | canteen, dining, restaurant | catering, cooking, kitchen | baby changing, bathroom, laundry, sanitary, shower, toilet, washing | en suite, private All bedrooms offer private facilities (= a private bathroom).
health, health care, hospital, medical | childcare, creche, day care, nursery | educational, training | library, research | laboratory | computing
VERB + FACILITY have, offer, provide | improve, upgrade | make use of, use I made full use of the computing facilities.
FACILITY + VERB be available, exist | include sth Facilities include a large indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.
PREP. ~ for The school has no facilities for the teaching of music. The hotel provides excellent facilities for children.
PHRASES a range of facilities

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

facility
II. special feature of a machine/service
ADJ. central The archive offers a central facility for cataloguing and indexing data.
back-up The report warns that there are no back-up facilities if the reprocessing plant breaks down.
support training and other support facilities
special | useful | flexible A First National Bank loan is an extremely flexible facility.
technical | cheque book, credit, loan, overdraft a bank account with an overdraft facility
editing, graphics, help, mail, search, word processing (all computing)
VERB + FACILITY have, offer, provide | use
FACILITY + VERB allow (for) sth The cheque book facility allows for a minimum withdrawal of £200.
PREP. ~ for The device has a facility for storing any sound you like.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

facility
III. natural ability
ADJ. amazing, great
VERB + FACILITY have | show
PREP. with ~ He played with great facility.
~ for She showed an amazing facility for mind-reading.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

facility

sports/sporting facilities
Have you checked out the local sports facilities?
leisure/recreational facilities (=facilities for activities that you do for pleasure)
The leisure facilities include a sauna and a gym.
hotel facilities
Make use of the hotel facilities, which are excellent.
parking facilities
The building has parking facilities for twenty cars.
educational facilities
We aim to improve the provision of educational facilities such as libraries.
training facilities
The company plans to set up in-house training facilities.
computing facilities
The department provides excellent computing facilities for students.
childcare facilities
More women would work if there were better childcare facilities.
catering/restaurant/cooking facilities
The rooms all have cooking facilities and a fridge.
communal facilities (=to be used by everyone who lives in a place)
Communal facilities at the campsite were well-maintained.
shared facilities (=facilities to be shared, especially bathrooms)
The less expensive rooms have shared facilities.
provide facilities
Recycling facilities are provided by the local council.
offer facilities
A wide range of facilities is offered.
use the facilities
Guests are welcome to use all the hotel’s facilities.
make use of the facilities
We hope students make use of the new facilities.
facilities include something
The centre’s facilities include an outdoor swimming pool.
a range of facilities
The range of facilities offered by this hotel is superb.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

building a structure such as a house, church, or factory, that has a roof and walls:
The college needs money to pay for new buildings.
property formal a building or piece of land, or both together - used especially when talking about buying and selling buildings or land:
The next property they looked at was too small.
The company received permission to build six residential properties on the land.
premises formal the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc uses:
You are not allowed to drink alcohol on the premises.
The bread is baked on the premises.
complex a group of buildings, or a large building with many parts, used for a particular purpose:
The town has one of the best leisure complexes in the country.
a luxury apartment complex
development a group of new buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of land:
a new housing development
a huge industrial development
block especially British English a large tall building that contains apartments or offices, or is part of a school, university, or hospital:
an office block
a block of flats
a tower block (=a very tall building - often used disapprovingly)
My next lecture is in the science block.
facility especially American English a place or building used for a particular activity or industry:
a research facility on campus
edifice formal a large building, especially one that is tall and impressive - a very formal use:
Their head office was an imposing edifice.
structure formal something that has been made to stand upright - used especially when talking about buildings:
The stone arch is one of the town’s oldest existing structures.
an immense barn-like structure
Mogul calls this building, designed by Donald and John Parkinson in 1928, ‘the most important structure in Los Angeles of the 20th century.’

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

complicated consisting of a lot of different parts or details and therefore difficult to understand:
The rules of the game seemed very complicated.
I didn’t realize programming the VCR would be so complicated.
The brain is like a very powerful, very complicated computer.
a complicated issue
complex a complex process, relationship etc is difficult to understand because it has a lot of parts that are all connected in different ways:
The chemical processes involved are extremely complex.
the complex relationship between government and the media
elaborate having a lot of parts or details and very carefully planned, but often more complicated than is necessary:
Mike had worked out an elaborate system for categorizing his collection of DVDs.
The plan to kidnap her had become even more elaborate.
Sociologists have been coming up with increasingly elaborate theories to explain unsafe sexual practices.
involved very long and complicated – use this especially about something that you think should be made simpler:
The system for choosing candidates is very involved, and I won’t go into it here.
Adopting a child can be a long involved process.
convoluted too complicated and difficult to understand – used especially about someone’s language or arguments, or about a system:
convoluted sentences
Procedures for government funding have become more convoluted.
James’s books are full of long paragraphs and convoluted sentences, which many people do not find appealing.
intricate having a lot of small parts or details – used especially about something that is cleverly designed or made:
Lasers are used to cut intricate designs in the metal.
The farmers use an intricate system of drainage canals.
the intricate workings of a watch
intricate patterns of coloured marble
a leisure complex (=where you can play sports or relax)
The new leisure complex includes a swimming pool, a sauna and a gym.
a shopping complex
Some old buildings were pulled down to make space for a new shopping complex.
a sports complex
The sports complex also has six tennis courts.
an entertainment complex (=with cinemas, restaurants and other places to go)
There are plans for an entertainment complex with cinemas and a bowling alley.
a holiday complex (=one where people go for holidays)
The lively holiday complex has plenty of nightclubs, bars, and restaurants.
a housing/residential complex (=for people to live in)
Architects designed the residential complexes near the beach.
a retail/commercial complex (=for shops, businesses, or industries)
a ten-screen movie theater and retail complex
an office/museum/hospital etc complex
a 120-acre office complex near Las Vegas
an apartment complex American English
a luxury apartment complex on Fulton Street
building a structure such as a house, church, or factory, that has a roof and walls:
The college needs money to pay for new buildings.
property formal a building or piece of land, or both together - used especially when talking about buying and selling buildings or land:
The next property they looked at was too small.
The company received permission to build six residential properties on the land.
premises formal the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc uses:
You are not allowed to drink alcohol on the premises.
The bread is baked on the premises.
development a group of new buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of land:
a new housing development
a huge industrial development
block especially British English a large tall building that contains apartments or offices, or is part of a school, university, or hospital:
an office block
a block of flats
a tower block (=a very tall building - often used disapprovingly)
My next lecture is in the science block.
facility especially American English a place or building used for a particular activity or industry:
a research facility on campus
edifice formal a large building, especially one that is tall and impressive - a very formal use:
Their head office was an imposing edifice.
structure formal something that has been made to stand upright - used especially when talking about buildings:
The stone arch is one of the town’s oldest existing structures.
an immense barn-like structure
Mogul calls this building, designed by Donald and John Parkinson in 1928, ‘the most important structure in Los Angeles of the 20th century.’

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

factory a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines:
She works in a chocolate factory.
a clothing factory
plant a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced:
Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant.
a car plant
a nuclear power plant
facility a factory. Facility is often used instead of factory in business English:
The new production facility is one of the most up-to-date in the area.
works used in the following compounds to describe a factory that produces a particular thing: a steelworks/ironworks/brickworks/a chemical/cement works/a printing works
mill a factory that produces paper, cotton, or cloth:
a paper mill
The textile mill has been converted into luxury flats.
shipyard a place where ships are built or repaired:
The vessel was built in the Kobe shipyard.
foundry a factory where metal is made into things using moulds:
Mandela’s statue was cast here in a local foundry.
sweatshop disapproving a small factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money:
The company was fined for selling goods produced in sweatshops.

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