facilitate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French faciliter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin facilis

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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Verb

1. To make easy or easier.
2. 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.

3. 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) (dyuracʻnel), հեշտացնել (hy) (heštacʻnel)
• Bulgarian: улеснявам (bg) impf (ulesnjavam), благоприятствам 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), 辅助 (zh) (fǔzhù), 促进 (zh) (cùjìn), 幫助／帮助 (zh) (bāngzhù), 帮助 (zh) (bāngzhù)

• Czech: usnadnit (cs), ulehčit
• Danish: facilitere
• 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
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• Norman: faciliter
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjøre lettere, forenkle (no)

  Nynorsk: gjere lettare, forenkle, forenkla

• Persian: تسهیل کردن (tashil kardan)
• Polish: ułatwiać (pl), torować, 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: сприяти (spryjaty), полегшувати (polehšuvaty)

to help bring about

• Finnish: helpottaa (fi)
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• Maori: tūāpā

to preside over (a meeting, a seminar)

• Finnish: johtaa puhetta, johtaa (fi), fasilitoida
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} faciliter (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Italian

Verb

facilitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of facilitare
2. second-person plural imperative of facilitare
3. feminine plural of facilitato

Anagrams

• felicitata

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) facilitāte

1. ablative singular of facilitās

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Romanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin facilitas through (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French facilité

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fatʃiliˈtate]

Noun

facilitate f (plural facilități)

1. 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