facilitate
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Definition of facilitate
: to make easier : help bring about facilitate growth
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Synonyms
ease, grease, loosen (up), smooth, unclog
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The hirings come amid an ongoing campaign by Ripple to persuade the financial industry to use XRP—a cryptocurrency of which Ripple owns enormous stores—to facilitate cross-border payments. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, "Ripple Hires Facebook Payments Exec and Names New CTO," 11 July 2018 Division 2 East Wayland 17, Groton-Dunstable 8 — Jackie Stoller excelled in both facilitating and playmaking roles, helping Wayland capture the title. — Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, "Sydney Scales, Audra Tosone (five goals apiece) lead undefeated Walpole in lacrosse," 14 June 2018 The study, published in the Journal of Urban Health earlier this month, found gangs played a vital role in facilitating access to guns. — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, "Illegal guns 2 or 3 'handshakes' away from Chicago arrestees, research shows," 23 May 2018 Or did Nader, Prince, and the Gulf States play a central role in facilitating a corrupt deal with Russia? — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Why the New Times Report on the Gulf Meeting Is Freaking Trump Out," 21 May 2018 Soccer Addicts is facilitating outdoor pick-up soccer at the Brookfield Indoor Soccer Complex, 19485 W. Lisbon Road, Brookfield. — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Shop fresh foods and artisan works in Wauwatosa farmer's market," 28 May 2018 The group’s mission is to accelerate academic scientific progress and facilitate public engagement with the scientific process. — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, "Scientific Images Make Dazzling Art In a Duke University Exhibit," 12 July 2018 By facilitating scale and specialisation, deeper regional integration would not just boost trade but would make Latin American companies more competitive in global markets. — The Economist, "What AMLO portends for Latin America," 5 July 2018 These limited, practical revisions to the Goldwater rule would correct its most severe shortcomings and facilitate psychiatrists’ responsible engagement with our complex society. — Leonard L. Glass, STAT, "The Goldwater rule is broken. Here’s how to fix it," 28 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'facilitate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for facilitate
facilitate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of facilitate
: to make (something) easier : to help cause (something)
: to help (something) run more smoothly and effectively
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Kids Definition of facilitate
: to make easier
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Medical Definition of facilitate
: to increase the likelihood, strength, or effectiveness of (as behavior or a response) reflexes can be facilitated or inhibited also : to lower the threshold for transmission of (an impulse)
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Legal Definition of facilitate
: to make easier : help bring about a vehicle used to facilitate commission of the offense
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