facilitate
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).
Origin of facilitate
1Other 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.
Exclusive: Rashida Tlaib and AOC have a proposal for a fairer financial system — public banking | Emily Stewart | October 30, 2020 | VoxExperts 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 PostAll three of these examples show how election technology can facilitate voting if used appropriately.
Voters should resist blaming every election glitch on political interference | Amy Nordrum | October 29, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIt is meant to facilitate channel configuration and publishing processes so that regular users with minimal expertise can set everything up on their own.
How to kickstart your channel on Roku and stand out: A comprehensive guide | Sponsored Content: Allroll | October 28, 2020 | Search Engine LandShaw 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
/ (fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt) /
(tr) to make easier; assist the progress of
Derived forms of facilitate
- facilitative, adjective
- facilitator, noun
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