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facility
noun
1 (facilities) many shopping centres include car-parking facilities:
provision, space, means, solution, potential, prerequisite, equipment.
2 the camera has a zoom facility:
possibility, opportunity, feature.
3 there is a wealth of local facilities:
amenity, resource, service, advantage, convenience, benefit.
4 a medical facility deep in the jungle:
establishment, centre, installation, place, depot, station, location, premises, site, post, base, camp;
informal joint, outfit, set-up.
5 his facility for drawing:
aptitude, talent, gift, flair, bent, skill, knack, finesse, genius;
ability, proficiency, competence, capability, potential, capacity, faculty;
expertise, expertness, adeptness, prowess, mastery, artistry;
propensity, inclination, natural ability, suitability, fitness;
head, mind, brain;
informal know-how.
6 I was turning out poetry with facility:
ease, effortlessness, no difficulty, no trouble, no bother, facileness, simplicity;
deftness, adroitness, dexterity, proficiency, mastery.
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