facilitate

English

Etymology

English facility +‎ -ate, from French faciliter, from Latin facilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/, /fəˈsɪləteɪt/
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Verb

facilitate (third-person singular simple present facilitates, present participle facilitating, simple past and past participle facilitated)

To make easy or easier.
- 1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94:
  Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock.
- 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
  The flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins to pierce the Edinburgh suburbs.
To help bring about.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
  But while she was pursuing this thought the good genius of Sophia, or that which presided over the integrity of Mrs Honour, or perhaps mere chance, sent an accident in her way, which at once preserved her fidelity, and even facilitated the intended business.
To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).

Synonyms

(to make easy or easier): ease

Related terms

facile
facilitation
facilitative
facilitator
facilitatory
facility

Translations

to make easy or easier

Arabic: سَهَّلَ‎ (ar) (sahhala)
Armenian: դյուրացնել (hy) (dyuracʿnel), հեշտացնել (hy) (heštacʿnel)
Bulgarian: улеснявам (bg) impf (ulesnjavam), благоприятствам (bg) impf (blagoprijatstvam), спомагам (bg) impf (spomagam), спомогна pf (spomogna), улесня (bg) pf (ulesnja), облекчавам (bg) impf (oblekčavam), облекча pf (oblekča)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使……容易 (shǐ ... róngyì), 輔助／辅助 (zh) (fǔzhù), 促进 (zh) (cùjìn), 幫助／帮助 (zh) (bāngzhù)
Czech: usnadnit (cs), ulehčit
Danish: facilitere
Dutch: vergemakkelijken (nl), faciliteren (nl)
Esperanto: faciligi
Finnish: helpottaa (fi)
French: faciliter (fr)
German: erleichtern (de), fördern (de)
Greek: διευκολύνω (el) (diefkolýno)
Italian: facilitare (it), agevolare (it)
Korean: 일을 용이하게 하다 (ireul yong'ihage hada)
Kyrgyz: азайтуу (ky) (azaytuu), басаңдатуу (ky) (basaŋdatuu), жеңилдетүү (ky) (jeŋildetüü), оңойлотуу (ky) (oŋoylotuu)
Maori: huawaere, tūāpā
Norman: faciliter
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjøre lettere, forenkle (no)
Nynorsk: gjere lettare, forenkle, forenkla
Persian: تسهیل کردن‎ (tashil kardan)
Polish: ułatwiać (pl), torować (pl), upraszczać (pl)
Portuguese: facilitar (pt)
Romanian: facilita (ro), ușura (ro), înlesni (ro)
Russian: спосо́бствовать (ru) impf (sposóbstvovatʹ), поспосо́бствовать (ru) pf (posposóbstvovatʹ), помога́ть (ru) impf (pomogátʹ), помо́чь (ru) pf (pomóčʹ), облегча́ть (ru) impf (oblexčátʹ), облегчи́ть (ru) pf (oblexčítʹ), соде́йствовать (ru) impf (sodéjstvovatʹ), посоде́йствовать (ru) pf (posodéjstvovatʹ)
Slovak: uľahčiť
Spanish: facilitar (es)
Swedish: underlätta (sv), förenkla (sv)
Turkish: kolaylaştırmak (tr)
Ukrainian: поле́гшувати impf (poléhšuvaty), поле́гши́ти pf (poléhšýty), сприя́ти impf (spryjáty)

to help bring about

Bulgarian: способствам (bg) (sposobstvam)
Finnish: helpottaa (fi)
Maori: tūāpā
Ukrainian: сприя́ти impf (spryjáty)

to preside over (a meeting, a seminar)

Finnish: johtaa puhetta, johtaa (fi), fasilitoida

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French: ^{(please verify)} faciliter (fr)

Italian

Verb

facilitate

inflection of facilitare:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

facilitate f pl

feminine plural of facilitato

Anagrams

felicitata

Latin

Noun

facilitāte

ablative singular of facilitās

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin facilitas through French facilité. Equivalent to facil +‎ -itate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fatʃiliˈtate]

Noun

facilitate f (plural facilități)

facility

Declension

Declension of facilitate

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) facilitate	facilitatea	(niște) facilități	facilitățile
genitive/dative	(unei) facilități	facilității	(unor) facilități	facilităților
vocative	facilitate, facilitateo		facilităților