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facility

/fəˈsɪləti/noun

उच्चारण फ़सिलटी

सुविधा

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nounfacilities
  1. 1

    [C, usually pl.]

    buildings, services, equipment that are provided for a particular purpose

    सुविधा

    • sports facilities
    • medical facilities
    • The hostel has good laundry and kitchen facilities.
    + 2 more examples
    • The school offers excellent library and laboratory facilities.
    • Hospitals in small towns need better facilities.

    Synonyms amenity service resource equipment provision

  2. 2

    [sing., U] ~ (for sth)

    a natural ability to learn or do something easily

    निपुणता, सहजता

    • She has a facility for languages.
    • Radhika has a facility with numbers and solves long sums in her head.
    • He has a facility for picking up new languages quickly.
    + 2 more examples
    • The child showed a remarkable facility for music.
    • She speaks with a facility that comes from years of practice.

    Synonyms aptitude talent skill ease flair

    Opposite difficulty inability

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

facility (countable) / facilities (plural)

In the sense of a service or equipment, facility is countable; facilities (plural) is more common for what a place offers.

सेवा या उपकरण के अर्थ में 'facility' countable है; किसी स्थान द्वारा दी गई सुविधाओं के लिए plural 'facilities' अधिक आम है।

  • The school has excellent sports facilities.
  • The hospital is a medical facility.

facility for + -ing / for sth

Use for after facility to say what the service helps with.

सुविधा किस काम में सहायक है, यह बताने के लिए 'facility' के बाद 'for' आता है।

  • The hostel has a facility for washing clothes.
  • There is no facility for parking.

facility in / with (ability sense)

In the sense of natural ability, use facility in or with, and it is singular and uncountable.

स्वाभाविक योग्यता के अर्थ में 'facility in' या 'facility with' आता है, और यह singular तथा uncountable होता है।

  • She has a facility for languages.
  • He speaks with great facility.

facilities + plural verb

Facilities takes a plural verb, even when the place is single.

'Facilities' के साथ plural verb आती है, भले ही स्थान एक हो।

  • The facilities at the station are poor.
+Collocations 4

adjective + facilities

modernbasicmedicalsportsrecreationalexcellent

  • The college offers excellent library facilities.

verb + facility

provideofferusebuildlack

  • Many villages lack basic health facilities.

noun + facility

storagebankingparkingresearchcredit

  • The bank gives a credit facility to small traders.

facility + noun

managerfeetour

  • The facility fee is added to the bill.
“More examples 5
  • The hostel has good dining and laundry facilities.

छात्रावास में भोजन और कपड़े धोने की अच्छी सुविधाएँ हैं।

  • The new research facility will open in Bengaluru.

नई शोध सुविधा बेंगलुरु में खुलेगी।

  • Our village has no banking facility nearby.

हमारे गाँव के पास बैंकिंग सुविधा नहीं है।

  • Radhika has a remarkable facility for learning new words.

राधिका में नए शब्द सीखने की उल्लेखनीय क्षमता है।

  • Train passengers can use the waiting room facilities.

रेल यात्री प्रतीक्षालय की सुविधाओं का उपयोग कर सकते हैं।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ The hostel provides all facility to students.

✓ The hostel provides all facilities to students.

In this sense the plural facilities is used, and all needs a plural noun.

इस अर्थ में plural 'facilities' आता है, और 'all' के साथ plural noun चाहिए।

✗ The facilities is very good in this hotel.

✓ The facilities are very good in this hotel.

Facilities is plural and needs are.

'Facilities' plural है और इसके साथ 'are' आता है।

✗ There is no facility of drinking water.

✓ There is no facility for drinking water.

The preposition after facility is for, not of.

'Facility' के बाद 'for' आता है, 'of' नहीं।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These words concern things that make life easier, but facility is the broadest and most formal.

ये शब्द जीवन आसान बनाने वाली चीज़ों से जुड़े हैं, पर 'facility' सबसे व्यापक और औपचारिक है।

facility

A place, service or equipment provided for a purpose.

किसी उद्देश्य के लिए दिया गया स्थान, सेवा या उपकरण।

  • a sports facility

amenity

A comfortable or pleasant feature of a place.

किसी स्थान की आरामदायक या सुखद विशेषता।

  • The park is a public amenity.

convenience

Something that saves effort.

कोई चीज़ जो मेहनत बचाती है।

  • Online banking is a great convenience.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

fa·cil·i·ty

With -cil- (not 'facilty').

बीच में -cil- ('facilty' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the provision words together: facility, amenity, utility (water, gas, power services), infrastructure, resource.

सुविधा के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: facility, amenity, utility (पानी, गैस, बिजली सेवाएँ), infrastructure, resource।

§Grammar and usage

Facilities is usually plural ('The college has good facilities').

Facilities प्रायः plural है ('The college has good facilities')।

The verb facilitate means to make something easier ('facilitate learning'); a facilitator helps a group to work or learn.

Verb facilitate का अर्थ आसान बनाना है ('facilitate learning'); facilitator समूह को काम करने या सीखने में मदद करता है।