According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
FACULTATIVE
elective, facultative
(adjective) not compulsory; “elective surgery”; “an elective course of study”
facultative
(adjective) granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something; “a facultative enactment”
facultative
(adjective) able to exist under more than one set of conditions; “a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte”
facultative
(adjective) of or relating to the mental faculties
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
facultative (comparative more facultative, superlative most facultative)
Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty
Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective
That grants permission or power to do something
(biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way
(geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
Antonyms
• obligate
• obligatory
Anagrams
• active fault
Source: Wiktionary
Fac"ul*ta*tive, a. [L. facultas, -atis, faculty: cf. F. facultatif, G. fakultativ.]
1. Having relation to the grant or exercise faculty, or authority, privilege, license, or the like hence, optional; as, facultative enactments, or those which convey a faculty, or permission; the facultative referendum of Switzerland is one that is optional with the people and is necessary only when demanded by petition; facultative studies; -- opposed to obligatory and compulsory, and sometimes used with to.
2. Of such a character as to admit of existing under various forms or conditions, or of happening or not happening, or the like; specif.: (Biol.)
Definition: Having the power to live under different conditions; as, a facultative parasite, a plant which is normally saprophytic, but which may exist wholly or in part as a parasite; -- opposed to obligate.
3. (Physiol.) Pertaining to a faculty or faculties.
In short, there is no facultative plurality in the mind; it is a single organ of true judgment for all purposes, cognitive or practical. J. Martineau.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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