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facilitate
What does facilitate mean?
facilitate (verb): make easier.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use facilitate in a sentence?
- You could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce facilitate?
/fəˈsɪləˌteɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does facilitate come from?
Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin facilis.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to facilitate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “facilitate” mean?
make easier
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to wait for
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to exchange
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move faster
Not quite: that's what accelerate means.
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