facilitate

English Online Dictionary. What means facilitate‎? What does facilitate mean?

English

Etymology

Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through the suffix -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin facilis.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. To make easy or easier.
2. To help bring about.
3. To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).

Synonyms

• (to make easy or easier): ease

Antonyms

Senses 1 and 2:

• hinder
• impede

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

facilitate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

facilitate f pl

1. feminine plural of facilitato

Anagrams

• felicitata

Latin

Noun

facilitāte

1. 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)

1. facility

Declension

Spanish

Verb

facilitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of facilitar combined with te