facilitate
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facilitate
- /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
- /fəˈsɪləteɪt/
Where it comes from
Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin facilis.
verb facilitates · facilitating · facilitated
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To make easy or easier.
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Similar: ease, open the door, grease · Opposite: hinder, impede
- To help bring about. But while she was pursuing this thought the good genius of Sophia, or that which presided over the integrity of Mrs Honour, or perhaps mere chance, sent an accident in her way, which at once preserved her fidelity, and even facilitated the intended business.
- To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: help, ease, alleviate, facilitation, helpful, enabling, supporting, benefit, convenient, enable, expedient, convenience, favor, available, conducive, promotive
Translations
Every language
verb to make easy or easier
| Español | facilitar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 일을 용이하게 하다 ireul yong'ihage hada |
| 中文 | 使……容易 shǐ ... róngyì, 輔助 /辅助 fǔzhù, 促进 cùjìn, 幫助 /帮助 bāngzhù |
| Português | facilitar |
| Français | faciliter |
| Deutsch | erleichtern, fördern |
| Italiano | facilitare, agevolare |
| Ελληνικά | διευκολύνω diefkolýno |
| Română | facilita, ușura, înlesni |
| Русский | спосо́бствовать sposóbstvovatʹ, поспосо́бствовать posposóbstvovatʹ, помога́ть pomogátʹ, помо́чь pomóčʹ, облегча́ть oblexčátʹ, облегчи́ть oblexčítʹ |
| العربية | سَهَّلَ sahhala |
Talk about this word "facilitate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/facilitate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. facilitate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/facilitate "facilitate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/facilitate.Cite this
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title = {facilitate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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