facilitate - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

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Verb facilitate has 3 senses

facilitate, ease, alleviate - make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
--₁ is one way to help, assist, aid

Derived forms: noun facilitation₁, noun facilitation₃, noun facilitator₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
help, facilitate - be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents"
--₂ is one way to serve

Derived form: noun facilitation₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
It ----s that CLAUSE
=> Something ----s INFINITIVE
facilitate - physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"
--₃ is one way to cause, do, make

Derived form: noun facilitation₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something