Definitions for facilitate
fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪtfa·cil·i·tate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. facilitate, ease, alleviateverb

   make easier

   "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

2. help, facilitateverb

   be of use

   "This will help to prevent accidents"

3. facilitateverb

   increase the likelihood of (a response)

   "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. facilitateverb

   To make easy or easier.

2. facilitateverb

   To help bring about

3. facilitateverb

   To preside over (a meeting, a seminar)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Facilitateverb

   To make easy; to free from difficulty; to clear from impediments.

   Etymology: faciliter, French.

   Choice of the likeliest and best prepared metal for the version will facilitate the work. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   They renewed their assault two or three days together, and planted cannon to facilitate their passage, which did little hurt; but they still lost many men in the attempt. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   Though perspective cannot be called a certain rule, or a finishing of the picture, yet it is a great succour and relief to art, and facilitates the means of execution. John Dryden, Dufresn.

   What produceth a due quantity of animal spirits, necessarily facilitates the animal and natural motions. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

   A war on the side of Italy would cause a great diversion of the French forces, and facilitate the progress of our aims in Spain. Jonathan Swift.

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1. facilitate

   Facilitate generally means to make a process or action easier or less difficult by providing necessary support, assistance, or direction. It involves removing obstacles that might interfere with the process, thereby enabling a smoother and more effective execution.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Facilitateverb

   to make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. faciliter. See Facility.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. facilitate

   To support the creation of.

   They did facilitate their plans to ensure their wedding was a joyful and peaceful day.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 26, 2020  

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1. Facilitate

   Felicitate vs Facilitate -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Felicitate and Facilitate.

Matched Categories

1. • Cause
   • Physiology
   • Serve

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'facilitate' in Verbs Frequency: #792

How to pronounce facilitate?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say facilitate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of facilitate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of facilitate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of facilitate in a Sentence

1. Tayyip Erdogan:

   Right after the election we aim to make all Syrian lands safe, starting from areas near our border, and to facilitate the return home of all our guests, but to do this we need to get through June 24 (election day) safely. Syria's stability is dependent on Turkey being strong. Otherwise they will break Syria to pieces.

2. David Asher:

   It is U.S. law to engage in effective arms control and nonproliferation, not facilitate it via ‘scientific cooperation’ in the name of threat reduction or refusal to engage in effective compliance with Communist countries that openly aim to incorporate synthetic biology into the future of warfare (apparently with our naive material and scientific assistance), we don’t know for certain what happened in Wuhan but we had every reason to investigate and ask questions.

3. Donald Trump:

   I want to thank Google. Google is helping to develop a website, it's gonna be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location, google has 1,700 engineers working on this right now, made tremendous progress.

4. Ismael Kone:

   In this deal, each party knows in advance what they have to do, and that should facilitate our relationships.

5. President Serzh Sarksyan:

   The changes will make cooperation between different branches of government more effective ... and facilitate economic development and the protection of human rights.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=facilitate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Facilitate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=facilitate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facilitate