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fa·cil·i·ty

 (fə-sĭl′ĭ-tē)
n. pl. fa·cil·i·ties
1.
a. Ease in moving, acting, or doing: "a soldier who was expected to be able to fell a tree ... or build a bridge with equal facility" (Bruce I. Gudmundsson).
b. An ability or talent; an aptitude: "He was a mediocre student who had a facility for absorbing details without curiosity" (Jhumpa Lahiri).
2. often facilities
a. A building, room, array of equipment, or a number of such things, designed to serve a particular function: hospitals and other health care facilities.
b. Something that facilitates an action or process: The region has very poor transportation facilities.
3. facilities Informal A restroom or public toilet.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
zařízení
faciliteter
palvelut
postrojenje
設備
시설
napraveobjektipripomočki
inrättningar
สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกต่างๆ
phương tiện

facilities

→ تَسْهِيلات zařízení faciliteter Einrichtungen εγκαταστάσεις instalaciones palvelut équipement postrojenje strutture 設備 시설 faciliteiten bekvemmeligheter udogodnienia instalações удобства inrättningar สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกต่างๆ Tesisler phương tiện 设备
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