- facilities[plural] buildings, services, equipment, etc. that are provided for a particular purpose
- leisure/sports facilities
- medical/recreational/educational facilities
- shopping/banking/cooking facilities
- Recycling facilities are provided.
- The school is upgrading its outdoor play facilities.
- They provide facilities management services to corporations, hospitals and universities.
- facilities for somebody/something There are not enough facilities for families with young children.
- All rooms have private facilities (= a private bathroom).
Extra Examples- Facilities include a large indoor pool, spa and sauna.
- I made full use of the computing facilities.
- The communal facilities were in a bad state.
- The hotel provides excellent facilities for children.
- The hotel has special facilities for welcoming disabled people.
- There are childcare facilities on site.
- Residents complain about a lack of healthcare facilities in the area.
- The airport plans to improve internet facilities in its terminals.
- The new headquarters house offices, restaurants, and conference facilities.
- The school has no facilities for the teaching of music.
- The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.
- We are looking to upgrade the existing facilities.
- The report warns that there are no back-up facilities if the reprocessing plant breaks down.
- a hotel with only basic facilities
- hospitals, schools and other major community facilities
- to improve access to essential facilities
- training and other support facilities
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- first-class
- good
- …
- have
- offer
- provide
- …
- be available
- exist
- include something
- …
- management
- manager
- facility for
- a range of facilities
- [countable] a place, usually including buildings, used for a particular purpose or activity
- the world’s largest nuclear waste facility
- a new healthcare facility
- a production/manufacturing/research/storage facility
- a detention/correctional facility (= a prison)
Extra Examples- A doctor visited the facility and found deplorable conditions.
- She trains with the team at their practice facility.
- The 100 000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA's research.
- The company expects to open its facility by late September.
- The old facility is now used for storage of dry products.
- He spent 90 days at the county's local correctional facility.
- residents of long-term care facilities
- prisoners in state and federal facilities
- plans to renovate an existing facility
- a water treatment facility
- a temporary storage facility for blood samples
- a production facility located in New Mexico
- a new facility for military training
- a mental health facility
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- 50 000-square-foot
- etc.
- …
- design
- build
- construct
- …
- be located
- house
- facility for
- [countable] a special feature of a machine, service, etc. that makes it possible to do something extra
- a bank account with an overdraft facility
- This facility allows the user to input text in various forms onto the screen and thus create a true newspaper page.
- facility for doing something a facility for checking spelling
Extra Examples- The archive offers a central facility for cataloguing and indexing data.
- The device has a facility for storing any sound you like.
- The software's ‘list’ facility allows users to compile their own list.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
- backup
- support
- …
- have
- offer
- provide
- …
- allow something
- allow for something
- facility for
- [singular, uncountable] facility (for something) a natural ability to learn or do something easily
- She has a facility for languages.
- He plays the piano with surprising facility.
Extra Examples- He played with great facility.
- She showed an amazing facility for mind-reading.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- amazing
- great
- have
- show
- with facility
- facility for
Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting the means or unimpeded opportunity for doing something): from French facilité or Latin facilitas, from facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘do, make’.
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