facilitate
verb (used with object)
to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.).
has facilitated
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present perfectof facilitate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This in turn has facilitated scientific misconduct by a smaller number of scientists untrue to their calling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
And boys’ basketball coach Austin Loeb, through his connection to the Luol Deng Foundation, has facilitated the addition of several players from the former NBA All-Star’s native South Sudan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Stand, Ridgely’s firm, has facilitated more than $200 million in trading volume across Polymarket and Kalshi.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The scheme - first set up in 1980 - has facilitated numerous high-value loans, including Vincent van Gogh's 1888 work The Bedroom to the National Gallery.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
It is this peculiarity which has facilitated the construction of the literary pastiche called Modern Greek, and perhaps it is this which will long prevent the production of real literature in that language or pseudo-language.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
