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Collocations for facility - noun

1. (usually facilities) buildings/services/equipment

ADJECTIVE

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
laboratory

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VERB + facility

have, offer, provide
improve, upgrade
make use of, use
I made full use of the computing facilities.

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facility + VERB

be available, exist
include sth
Facilities include a large indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.

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facility + NOUN

management, manager

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PREPOSITION

facility for
The school has no facilities for the teaching of music.
The hotel provides excellent facilities for children.

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PHRASES

a range of facilities

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2. (esp. AmE) a building used for a particular activity

ADJECTIVE

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, communications

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VERB + 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.

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facility + VERB

be located
a production facility located in New Mexico
house
The 100 000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA's research.

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PREPOSITION

facility for
a new facility for military training

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3. special feature of a machine/service

ADJECTIVE

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)

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VERB + facility

have, offer, provide
use

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facility + VERB

allow sth, allow for sth
The software's ‘list’ facility allows users to compile their own list.

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PREPOSITION

facility for
The device has a facility for storing any sound you like.

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4. natural ability

ADJECTIVE

amazing, great

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VERB + facility

have
show

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PREPOSITION

with facility
He played with great facility.
facility for
She showed an amazing facility for mind-reading.

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