facilitate
/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
verb
To make easy or easier.
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Verb 3 meanings
To make easy or easier.
To help bring about.
To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).
Where it comes from
Etymology
Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin facilis.
Similar and opposite words
Similar
easegrease
Opposite
hinderimpede
FACILITATE at a glance
FACILITATE has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + C 3 + I 1 + L 1 + I 1 + T 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,112 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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