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facilitate

/fəˈsɪləteɪt/verb

To help a process happen more smoothly or with less difficulty.

Example sentences

  • “The new app facilitates communication between parents and teachers.”
  • “A trained mediator will facilitate the discussion between the two sides.”

Formal, business-meeting vocabulary; in plain speech, 'help' or 'make easier' is usually better. A person who runs a workshop is a facilitator.

Synonyms for facilitate

  • ease
  • assist
  • enable
  • help
  • simplify

Antonyms

On the Academic Word List. Find it in: Academic vocabulary, Advanced English words.

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