- facility
- noun1 (usually facilities) buildings/services/equipmentADJECTIVE▪ excellent, first-class, good▪ adequate, appropriate, proper, suitable▪ inadequate, poor (esp. BrE)▪ basic, limited▪
a hotel with only basic facilities
▪ modern, state-of-the-art, up-to-date▪ extensive▪ extra (esp. BrE)▪ available, existing▪We are looking to upgrade the existing facilities.
▪ essential, necessary▪to improve access to essential facilities
▪ community (esp. BrE), local▪hospitals, schools and other major community facilities
▪ communal, shared▪The communal facilities were in a bad state.
▪ public▪ disabled (BrE)▪The stadium was criticized for its lack of disabled facilities.
▪ conference▪ airport, hotel▪ bar (BrE)▪ leisure (esp. BrE), recreational, social (esp. BrE)▪ sporting (esp. BrE), sports▪ play (esp. BrE)▪ transport (esp. BrE), transportation (esp. AmE), travel (esp. BrE)▪ parking▪ shopping (esp. BrE)▪ dining▪ catering (BrE), cooking (esp. BrE), kitchen (esp. BrE)▪ baby-changing (BrE), bathroom, laundry, sanitary, shower, toilet (BrE), washing (esp. BrE)▪ en suite (esp. BrE), private▪All bedrooms offer private facilities (= a private bathroom).
▪ health, health-care, hospital, medical▪ childcare, crèche (BrE), day-care, nursery (esp. BrE)▪ educational, training▪ library, research▪ laboratoryVERB + FACILITY▪ have, offer, provide▪ improve, upgrade▪ make use of, use▪I made full use of the computing facilities.
FACILITY + VERB▪ be available, exist▪ include sth▪Facilities include a large indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.
FACILITY + NOUN▪ management, managerPREPOSITION▪ facility for▪The school has no facilities for the teaching of music.
▪The hotel provides excellent facilities for children.
PHRASES▪ a range of facilities2 (esp. AmE) a building used for a particular activityADJECTIVE▪ large▪ 50 000-square-foot, etc.▪ modern, state-of-the-art▪ purpose-built (BrE)▪ new▪ existing▪plans to renovate an existing facility
▪ permanent, temporary▪a temporary storage facility for blood samples
▪ long-term▪residents of long-term care facilities
▪ federal, local, state▪prisoners in state and federal facilities
▪ community, public▪ private▪ commercial, industrial▪ maintenance, manufacturing, processing, production, storage, testing, transport, … treatment▪a water treatment facility
▪ correctional, detention▪He spent 90 days at the county's local correctional facility.
▪ military▪ weapons▪ chemical, nuclear▪ health, health-care, hospital, medical▪a mental health facility
▪ dining▪ childcare, day-care▪ educational, training▪ fitness, sports▪ practice▪She trains with the team at their practice facility.
▪ research▪ lab (informal), laboratory▪ communication, communicationsVERB + FACILITY▪ design▪ build, construct▪ expand▪ open▪The company expects to open its facility by late September.
▪ use▪The old facility is now used for storage of dry products.
▪ manage, operate▪ maintain▪ lease, rent▪ tour, visit▪A doctor visited the facility and found deplorable conditions.
FACILITY + VERB▪ be located▪a production facility located in New Mexico
▪ house▪The 100 000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA's research.
PREPOSITION▪ facility for▪a new facility for military training
3 special feature of a machine/serviceADJECTIVE▪ central▪The archive offers a central facility for cataloguing and indexing data.
▪ backup▪The report warns that there are no backup facilities if the reprocessing plant breaks down.
▪ support▪training and other support facilities
▪ special▪ useful▪ technical▪ credit, loan, overdraft (BrE)▪a bank account with an overdraft facility
▪ editing, help, mail, search (all computing)VERB + FACILITY▪ have, offer, provide▪ useFACILITY + VERB▪ allow sth, allow for sth▪The software's ‘list’ facility allows users to compile their own list.
PREPOSITION▪ facility for▪The device has a facility for storing any sound you like.
4 natural abilityADJECTIVE▪ amazing, greatVERB + FACILITY▪ have▪ showPREPOSITION▪ with facility▪He played with great facility.
▪ facility for▪She showed an amazing facility for mind-reading.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
