facilitate

facilitate
Synonyms and related words:
act for, advance, advantage, aid, assist, be instrumental, boost, clear the way, conduce to, contribute to, ease, encourage, expedite, explain, favor, forward, further, go between, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels, hasten, help, help along, lend wings to, loose, lubricate, make clear, make for, make way for, mediate, minister to, oil, open the way, open up, pave the way, prepare the way, promote, push forward, put forward, quicken, remove friction, run interference for, serve, set forward, simplify, smooth, smooth the way, soap the ways, speed, subserve, unbar, unblock, unclog, unjam

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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 [fəˈsɪlteɪtə 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

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