facilities
pronunciation
How to pronounce facilities in British English:
UK [fə'sɪlɪtɪz]
How to pronounce facilities in American English:
US [fə'sɪlɪtɪz]
Word Origin
- facilities (n.)
- "opportunities," 1809, plural of facility. Sense of "physical means of doing something" is from 1872.
Example
- 1. It is building facilities to ship out more coal .
- 2. Sanitation facilities - people are defecating in open spaces .
- 3. I have discussed these lending facilities and their rationale in some detail on other occasions .
- 4. Mr abbott says he wants to reopen mothballed facilities for keeping refugees on the tiny , bankrupted island of nauru .
- 5. A new school and community facilities are proposed .