- facilitate
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transitive verb
(-tated; -tating)
Date: 1611
to make easier ; help bring about <facilitate growth> • facilitative adjective
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facilitate
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facilitate — FACILITÁTE, facilităţi, s.f. Însuşire a ceea ce este facil; însuşirea de a realiza, de a face ceva fără mari eforturi, cu uşurinţă. ♦ (La pl.) Înlesniri făcute cuiva. Facilităţi de plată. – Din fr. facilité, lat. facilitas, atis. Trimis de… … Dicționar Român
facilitate — fa·cil·i·tate /fə si lə ˌtāt/ vt tat·ed, tat·ing: to make easier: help bring about a vehicle used to facilitate commission of the offense fa·cil·i·ta·tion /fə ˌsi lə tā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
facilitate — meaning ‘to make easy or feasible’ should have as its object a task or operation (including a verbal noun in ing), not a person: • They often used hypnosis to facilitate recall A. Storr, 1979 • The door kept open between them to facilitate… … Modern English usage
Facilitate — Fa*cil i*tate (f[.a]*s[i^]l [i^]*t[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Facilitated} (f[.a]*s[i^]l [i^]*t[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Facilitating} (f[.a]*s[i^]l [i^]*t[=a] t[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. faciliter. See {Facility}.] To make easy or less difficult;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
facilitate — 1610s, from Fr. faciliter to render easy, from L. facilis easy (see FACILE (Cf. facile)). Related: Facilitated; facilitates; facilitating … Etymology dictionary
facilitate — [v] assist the progress of aid, ease, expedite, forward, further, grease the wheels*, hand carry*, help, make easy, open doors*, promote, run interference for*, simplify, smooth, speed, speed up, walk through*; concepts 110,242 Ant. block, check … New thesaurus
facilitate — ► VERB ▪ make easy or easier. DERIVATIVES facilitation noun facilitative adjective facilitator noun facilitatory adjective. ORIGIN French faciliter, from Latin facilis easy … English terms dictionary
facilitate — [fə sil′ə tāt΄] vt. facilitated, facilitating [< Fr faciliter < It facilitare < L facilis (see FACILE) + ATE1] to make easy or easier facilitator n … English World dictionary
facilitate — 01. The purpose of the trade mission is to [facilitate] the exchange of goods between the two nations. 02. The government is looking for ways to [facilitate] foreign investment in our country. 03. The job of ESL teacher is often described as that … Grammatical examples in English
facilitate — facilitator fa‧cil‧i‧ta‧tor [fəˈsɪlteɪtə ǁ ər] noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES someone who helps a group of people discuss things with each other or do something effectively: • We see our role as facilitators who can get the negotiations going … Financial and business terms
facilitate */ — UK [fəˈsɪləteɪt] / US [fəˈsɪləˌteɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms facilitate : present tense I/you/we/they facilitate he/she/it facilitates present participle facilitating past tense facilitated past participle facilitated formal to make it… … English dictionary
