facility

noun
/fəˈsɪlɪti/

Etymology

From Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās. By surface analysis, facile + -ity. Doublet of faculty.

  1. derived from facilitās
  2. derived from facilité
  3. inherited from facilite

Definitions

  1. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service)…

    The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.

    • Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
    • As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
  2. A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration,…

    A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.

  3. The fact of being easy, or easily done

    The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.

    • Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of Carneades, what opinion he was of. Why hath Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?
  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. Dexterity of speech or action

      Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.

      • The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
    2. Clipping of credit facility.

    3. A toilet.

    4. A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily…

      A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.

    5. Affability.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at facility. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01facility02difficulty03drowning04drowned05died06die07eliminated08eliminate

A definitional loop anchored at facility. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at facility

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA