facilitate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/, /fəˈsɪləteɪt/

Verb

facilitate (facilitates, present participle facilitating; past and past participle facilitated)

1. To make easy or easier.
2. To help bring about.
3. To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).

Synonyms

• (to make easy or easier) ease

Related terms

• facile
• facilitation
• facilitative
• facilitator
• facilitatory
• facility

Translations

• French: faciliter
• German: erleichtern, fördern
• Italian: facilitare, agevolare
• Portuguese: facilitar
• Russian: спосо́бствовать
• Spanish: facilitar

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