facilitate
verb OPAL W
/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they facilitate | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it facilitates | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪts/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪts/ |
| past simple facilitated | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪd/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle facilitated | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪd/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form facilitating | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- facilitate something to make an action or a process possible or easier
- The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growth.
- Structured teaching facilitates learning.
Extra Examples- The use of computers has greatly facilitated the firm's ability to keep accurate records.
- Banking secrecy laws need to be lifted in order to facilitate investigation.
- The smaller meetings will facilitate participation by all staff.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- further
- be designed to
- help (to)
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French faciliter, from Italian facilitare, from facile ‘easy’, from Latin facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘do, make’.