facilitate
verb
fa·cil·i·tate
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facilitated;
facilitating
Definition of facilitate
: to make easier : help bring about
facilitate growth
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Other Words from facilitate
facilitative
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adjective
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adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms for facilitate
Synonyms
ease, grease, loosen (up), smooth, unclog
Antonyms
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Examples of facilitate in a Sentence
The strength of the inner identities that black women forged and nurtured during slavery facilitated the transition to freedom.
— Darlene Clark Hine, Lure and Loathing, 1993
What physical events might have facilitated the evolution of macroscopic animals?
— Andrew H. Knoll, Scientific American, October 1991
Nothing so facilitates writing as actually having something to say, yet the conditions under which, and the tools with which, writing is done can contribute to facility—or to difficulty.
— Joseph Epstein, The Middle of My Tether, 1983
Cutting taxes may facilitate economic recovery.
Her rise to power was facilitated by her influential friends.
The moderator's role is to facilitate the discussion by asking appropriate questions.
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While moving to facilitate research, the Trump administration on Thursday issued a warning against young people and pregnant women using marijuana. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: California Cannabis market gets boost from DOJ, Weedmaps," 30 Aug. 2019 The not-for-profit organisation plans to use funds worth $3.5 million from Walmart Foundation to develop and train up to 20 farmer producer organisations to facilitate market linkages. — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, "The world’s largest retailer is reaching out to India’s small farmers with new technology," 27 Aug. 2019 To facilitate the initiative, the public defender and county attorney’s offices will team up with Project Remand, a non-profit organization that helps Ramsey County reduce its jail population by offering alternatives to traditional detention. — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, "New Ramsey County program would give more offenders a second chance," 19 Aug. 2019 They were named after the thin paper they were typed on (carta velina is Italian for tissue paper), which was used to facilitate the ease of making many carbon copies as fast as possible. — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, "Fake news has been enabling fascism for a whole century," 15 Aug. 2019 Probably the main thing used to facilitate a rape is alcohol. — Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "The Symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning You Need to Know," 9 Aug. 2019 The state parks department facilitates applications to the National Register of Historic Places. — oregonlive.com, "Eastmoreland nomination to National Register of Historic Places denied a third time," 22 July 2019 In addition, prosecutors said Janke and Khosroshahin designated four students as recruits to the team to facilitate their entrance to USC, even though the students did not play competitive soccer. — Mark Morales And Jason Hanna, CNN, "Feds investigating ex-USC athletic director's possible ties to college admissions scam mastermind, source says," 6 June 2019 To make matters worse, Maurice Papon, the Paris police chief at the time, had also been responsible for facilitating the deportations of about 1,600 Bordeaux Jews to their deaths during World War II. — James Mcauley, The New York Review of Books, "The Rap Sheet of the French Police," 18 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'facilitate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for facilitate
facilitate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of facilitate
formal
: to make (something) easier : to help cause (something)
: to help (something) run more smoothly and effectively
See the full definition for facilitate in the English Language Learners Dictionary
facilitate
verb
fa·cil·i·tate
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facilitated;
facilitating
Kids Definition of facilitate
: to make easier
facilitate
transitive verb
fa·cil·i·tate
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facilitated;
facilitating
Medical Definition of facilitate
: to increase the likelihood, strength, or effectiveness of (as behavior or a response)
reflexes can be facilitated or inhibited
also
: to lower the threshold for transmission of (an impulse)
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facilitate
transitive verb
fa·cil·i·tate
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