facilitynoun
uk/fəˈsɪl.ə.ti/us/fəˈsɪl.ə.t̬i/facility noun (BUILDING)
B1 [ C ] a place, especially including buildings, where a particular activity happens:
a nuclear research facility
a military facility
a new sports facility
facilities B1 [ plural ]
the buildings, equipment, and services provided for a particular purpose:
shopping facilities
medical facilities
sports facilities
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- Protesters have been demonstrating outside the new research facility.
- The training facility is scheduled to open in April 2005.
- New vehicles are inspected at the company's inspection facility.
- The hotel offers exceptional sporting facilities, including a 50 metre swimming pool.
- The maintenance facility is situated behind the main offices.
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Buildings in general
- -bedroomed
- building
- castellated
- construction
- convention centre
- edifice
- grand
- half-timbered
- heritage-listed building
- high-rise
- landmark
- landmarked building
- newbuild
- Norman
- palatial
- Portakabin
- rising damp
- tower
- turret
- warren
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Society - general words
Important and essential things
facility noun (ABILITY)
B2 [ C or U ] an ability to do something easily or well:
His facility for languages is astonishing.
[ C or U ] a feature of a product that allows you to do something:
a computer with a speech recognition facility
UK He asked the bank to increase his overdraft facility.
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Skill, talent and ability
- a magic touch idiom
- ability
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- acumen
- capability
- command
- dash
- ear
- effortless
- expertise
- faculty
- finesse
- flair
- nose
- polish
- proficient
- prowess
- pyrotechnics
- qualification
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