facility

facility
01. Our neighborhood swimming pool is a wonderful [facility], with a wave pool, diving boards, a huge water slide and lots of equipment for small children to play on.
02. Construction has finally begun on athletic [facilities] for the next summer Olympic games.
03. Medical [facilities] in this country are having trouble meeting the needs of an aging population.
04. She has a real [facility] for languages, and can speak at least 6 fluently.
05. The new conference center is a beautiful [facility] which is sure to bring additional tourist revenues to our city.
06. The [facilities] which were built in the city for the Olympic Games have since been used to establish important sporting programs for the continued development of our national athletes.
07. She has a certain [facility] with very small children, which makes her ideal for a position in a daycare center.
08. Michael Straczynski once remarked that the quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our [facility] with language.
09. The world's largest oil storage [facility] is at Ju'aymah in Saudi Arabia.
10. The nursing home has all the modern [facilities] to keep the elderly residents occupied and stimulated.
11. The ski bus has washroom [facilities] for use by the passengers during the long trip.
12. 15,654 square miles of the United States is currently occupied by nuclear weapons bases and [facilities].
13. Forty percent of the world's population lack access to even the most minimal of toilet [facilities].
14. Most Cuban women are able to work from the time their children are very young because the government provides childcare [facilities].
15. After Algeria became independent of France in 1962, France decided to move its nuclear-testing [facilities] from the Sahara Desert to French Polynesia.
16. U.S. and British warplanes destroyed a military communications [facility] in southern Iraq this morning.
17. Korea has many important cultural [facilities] where people can enjoy exhibitions and stage performances throughout the year.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • facility — fa‧cil‧i‧ty [fəˈsɪlti] noun facilities PLURALFORM 1. facilities [plural] PROPERTY special buildings or equipment that have been provided for a particular use, such as sports activities, shopping or travelling: • The hotel s leisure facilities… …   Financial and business terms

  • Facility — Fa*cil i*ty (f[.a]*s[i^]l [i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Facilities} (f[.a]*s[i^]l [i^]*t[i^]z). [L. facilitas, fr. facilis easy: cf. F. facilit[ e]. See {Facile}.] 1. The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • facility — facility, faculty 1. Facility (from Latin facilis meaning ‘easy’) means ‘ease or ready ability to do something, aptitude’: • Firstborn children have greater verbal facility, and there is evidence that they have more successful relationships with… …   Modern English usage

  • facility — I (easiness) noun ability, adeptness, adroitness, capability, competence, deftness, dexterity, ease, effortlessness, expertise, expertness, facilitas, flexibility, fluency, freedom from difficulty, grace, gracefulness, proficiency, quickness,… …   Law dictionary

  • facility — [n1] ease; ability address, adroitness, aptitude, bent, child’s play*, competence, dexterity, efficiency, effortlessness, expertness, fluency, knack, leaning, lightness, poise, proficiency, propensity, quickness, readiness, skill, skillfulness,… …   New thesaurus

  • facility — [fə sil′ə tē] n. pl. facilities [ME & OFr facilite < L facilitas, easiness < facilis, FACILE] 1. ease of doing or making; absence of difficulty 2. a ready ability; skill; dexterity; fluency 3. [usually pl.] the means by which something can… …   English World dictionary

  • facility — (n.) early 15c., gentleness, from M.Fr. facilité, from L. facilitatem (nom. facilitas) easiness, ease, fluency, willingness, from facilis easy (see FACILE (Cf. facile)). Its sense in English moved from genteelness to opportunity (1510s), to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • facility — ease, dexterity, *readiness Analogous words: spontaneity, *unconstraint, abandon: address, poise, *tact: lightness, effortlessness, smoothness (see corresponding adjectives at EASY) Contrasted words: ineptness, clumsiness, awkwardness,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • facility — ► NOUN (pl. facilities) 1) a building, service, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose. 2) a natural ability to do something well and easily …   English terms dictionary

  • facility — noun 1 (usually facilities) buildings/services/equipment ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, first class, good ▪ adequate, appropriate, proper, suitable …   Collocations dictionary

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