facilitate

[ fuh-sil-i-teyt ]

/ fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪt /

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verb (used with object), fa·cil·i·tat·ed, fa·cil·i·tat·ing.

to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.

to lead or moderate (a discussion, workshop, etc.), especially as a person trained to do so:An instructor will facilitate the online discussions, providing students with the questions beforehand.

to assist the progress of (a person).

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Origin of facilitate

First recorded in 1605–15; facilit(y) + -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM facilitate

fa·cil·i·ta·tive, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH facilitate

facile, facilitate , facility, felicitate

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How to use facilitate in a sentence

They could also facilitate easier access to funds for state and local governments from the federal government or Federal Reserve.
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Experts also point out that travel could increase students’ risk of exposure to the virus, and that holiday celebrations held indoors to avoid the cold could facilitate transmission.
Thanksgiving advice for college students: If you’re going home, start preparing soon, experts say.|Allyson Chiu|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
All three of these examples show how election technology can facilitate voting if used appropriately.
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It is meant to facilitate channel configuration and publishing processes so that regular users with minimal expertise can set everything up on their own.
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Shaw said Microsoft encourages and facilitates dialogue and feedback from all employees but declined to comment on the specifics of the 2006 thread.
India’s engineers have thrived in Silicon Valley. So has its caste system.|Nitasha Tiku|October 28, 2020|Washington Post

British Dictionary definitions for facilitate

facilitate

/ (fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt) /

verb

(tr) to make easier; assist the progress of

Derived forms of facilitate

facilitative, adjectivefacilitator, noun

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facilitate

Origin of facilitate

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