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facility
  • n  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
    the assembly plant is an enormous facility
  • n  skillful performance or ability without difficulty
    he was famous for his facility as an archer
  • n  a natural effortlessness
    they conversed with great facility
  • n  something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
  • n  a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
    a cell phone with internet facility
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facing
  • n  a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
  • n  an ornamental coating to a building
  • n  a protective covering that protects the outside of a building
  • n  providing something with a surface of a different material
  • v  deal with (something unpleasant) head on
  • v  oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  • v  be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
  • v  be opposite
    the facing page
  • v  turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
  • v  present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
  • v  turn so as to expose the face
  • v  line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
  • v  cover the front or surface of
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facing pages
  • n  two facing pages of a book or other publication
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facsimile
  • n  an exact copy or reproduction
  • n  duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
  • v  send something via a facsimile machine
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facsimile machine
  • n  duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
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fact
  • n  a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
    first you must collect all the facts of the case
  • n  a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened
    he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts
  • n  an event known to have happened or something known to have existed
    your fears have no basis in fact
    how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell
  • n  a concept whose truth can be proved
    scientific hypotheses are not facts
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fact mood
  • n  a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
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faction
  • n  a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
  • n  a dissenting clique
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