FACILITY


Meaning of FACILITY in English

(facilities)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Facilities are buildings, pieces of equipment, or services that are provided for a particular purpose.

What recreational facilities are now available?...

The problem lies in getting patients to a medical ~ as soon as possible.

N-COUNT: usu pl, usu with supp

2.

A ~ is something such as an additional service provided by an organization or an extra feature on a machine which is useful but not essential.

It is very useful to have an overdraft ~...

N-COUNT: with supp, oft n N, N to-inf

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