facility in English: A place or building made for a special purpose, like sport, work, or medical care. (noun)

Translation

A place or building made for a special purpose, like sport, work, or medical care.

Word origin

From Latin facilitas, easiness, from facilis, easy to do, from facere, to do or make.

Gender

Pluralfacilities

sports .

A "facility" is the whole place built for one purpose, here sport.

, .

"Facilities" in the plural often means the rooms and equipment a place offers.

.

Here "facility" is a guarded building used for special work.

building

A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, a school, or an office.

factory

A large building where people and machines make things in great numbers.

hospital

A building where doctors and nurses look after people who are ill or hurt.

place

A spot or area where something is, or where something happens.

centre

The middle point or part of something.

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