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facilitative

American  
[fuh-sil-i-tayt-uhv] / fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪt əv /

adjective

  1. having the effect of facilitating something or making it easier; assistive; conducive (used with of to introduce the thing that is being made easier).


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"What we kept coming back to was the importance of the cultural environment and creating environments that are facilitative to not only high performance, but also positive mental health," she says.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2023

“These women mostly played supportive or facilitative roles as mothers and wives, as propagandists and recruiters. Some women have been involved in educative, administrative, logistical, social and medical positions,” the brief stated.

From Fox News Jun. 14, 2019

Inclusive teaching is defined as a facilitative approach to instruction, where the instructor uses differentiated techniques to promote the success of all the students in the classroom.

From Scientific American Jan. 23, 2018

You can rear them in an antagonistic environment or in a facilitative one with a good combination of love and discipline.

From Slate Mar. 22, 2014

These multiple biochemical reactions converge to support the movement of intracellular vesicles containing facilitative glucose transporters to the cell membrane.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

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