facilitate

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

facilitate: I verb accelerate, advance, aid, assist, assist the progress, clear, clear the way, deobstruct, disburden, disencumber, disentangle, ease, enable, encourage, expedire, expedite, forward, foster, free from difficulty, free from hindrance, free from impediment, free from obstruction, further, give clearance, hasten, help, lend a hand, lessen the labor, lift a ban, lighten, make a path for, make easy, make possible, open the way for, pave the way, promote, push forward, quicken, rem faciliorem reddere, render a task easier, render assistance, render less difficult, simplify, smooth, speed up associated concepts: accomplice, aiding and abetting, facilitation II index abet, aid, bestow, ease, enable, expedite, favor, further, hasten, help, permit, promote (organize), support (assist)

facilitate: v.
To assist; to make something possible or easier to accomplish; to make it easier for someone to commit a crime.
n.
facilitation See also aid and abet

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Make easy, render less difficult

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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 — 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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