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facilitatefacilitate /fəˈsɪləˌteɪt/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive] VERB TABLEfacilitate |
Present | I, you, we, they | facilitate | | he, she, it | facilitates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | facilitated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have facilitated | | he, she, it | has facilitated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had facilitated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will facilitate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have facilitated |
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Present | I | am facilitating | | he, she, it | is facilitating | | you, we, they | are facilitating | Past | I, he, she, it | was facilitating | | you, we, they | were facilitating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been facilitating | | he, she, it | has been facilitating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been facilitating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be facilitating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been facilitating |
THESAURUSdo something to make something easier► help to make it possible for someone to do something more easily: If there’s anything I can do to help, just call me. I’ll help you as soon as I finish this. ► give somebody a hand (with something) informal to help someone do something: Can you give me a hand with these boxes? ► lend (somebody) a hand (with something) to help someone, especially when there are not enough people to do something: I went over to see if I could lend a hand. ► assist/aid formal to help someone, especially when you use special skills: Dr. Taylor assisted in the research for this article. ► support to help and encourage someone to achieve something: Parents can support their children’s reading by enjoying books together. ► facilitate formal to make it easier for something to happen: Computers can be used to facilitate language learning. ► aid and abet formal to help someone do something illegal. Used in legal language: He was accused of aiding and abetting the rioters. to make it easier for a process or activity to happen: Dividing students into small groups helps facilitate discussion.► see thesaurus at help1—facilitation /fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |