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Cancer cells come pre-programmed to execute a well-defined cascade of changes, seemingly designed to facilitate both their enhanced survival and their dissemination through the bloodstream. There is even an air of conspiracy in the way that tumours use chemical signals to create cancer-friendly niches in remote organs.
Paul Davies

Meaning of "facilitate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FACILITATE

facilitate  [fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACILITATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Facilitate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb facilitate in English.

WHAT DOES FACILITATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of facilitate in the English dictionary

The definition of facilitate in the dictionary is to make easier; assist the progress of.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FACILITATE

PRESENT

Present
I facilitate
you facilitate
he/she/it facilitates
we facilitate
you facilitate
they facilitate
Present continuous
I am facilitating
you are facilitating
he/she/it is facilitating
we are facilitating
you are facilitating
they are facilitating
Present perfect
I have facilitated
you have facilitated
he/she/it has facilitated
we have facilitated
you have facilitated
they have facilitated
Present perfect continuous
I have been facilitating
you have been facilitating
he/she/it has been facilitating
we have been facilitating
you have been facilitating
they have been facilitating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I facilitated
you facilitated
he/she/it facilitated
we facilitated
you facilitated
they facilitated
Past continuous
I was facilitating
you were facilitating
he/she/it was facilitating
we were facilitating
you were facilitating
they were facilitating
Past perfect
I had facilitated
you had facilitated
he/she/it had facilitated
we had facilitated
you had facilitated
they had facilitated
Past perfect continuous
I had been facilitating
you had been facilitating
he/she/it had been facilitating
we had been facilitating
you had been facilitating
they had been facilitating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will facilitate
you will facilitate
he/she/it will facilitate
we will facilitate
you will facilitate
they will facilitate
Future continuous
I will be facilitating
you will be facilitating
he/she/it will be facilitating
we will be facilitating
you will be facilitating
they will be facilitating
Future perfect
I will have facilitated
you will have facilitated
he/she/it will have facilitated
we will have facilitated
you will have facilitated
they will have facilitated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been facilitating
you will have been facilitating
he/she/it will have been facilitating
we will have been facilitating
you will have been facilitating
they will have been facilitating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would facilitate
you would facilitate
he/she/it would facilitate
we would facilitate
you would facilitate
they would facilitate
Conditional continuous
I would be facilitating
you would be facilitating
he/she/it would be facilitating
we would be facilitating
you would be facilitating
they would be facilitating
Conditional perfect
I would have facilitate
you would have facilitate
he/she/it would have facilitate
we would have facilitate
you would have facilitate
they would have facilitate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been facilitating
you would have been facilitating
he/she/it would have been facilitating
we would have been facilitating
you would have been facilitating
they would have been facilitating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you facilitate
we let´s facilitate
you facilitate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to facilitate
Past participle
facilitated
Present Participle
facilitating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FACILITATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
capacitate
kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt
debilitate
dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
decapitate
dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt
dishabilitate
ˌdɪshəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
gravitate
ˈɡrævɪˌteɪt
habilitate
həˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
imitate
ˈɪmɪˌteɪt
irritate
ˈɪrɪˌteɪt
meditate
ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt
militate
ˈmɪlɪˌteɪt
necessitate
nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪt
nobilitate
nəʊˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
palmitate
ˈpælmɪˌteɪt
periclitate
pəˈrɪklɪˌteɪt
precipitate
prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt
rehabilitate
ˌriːəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt
triacetate
traɪˈæsɪˌteɪt
volitate
ˈvɒlɪˌteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FACILITATE

facial scrub
facial wash
facially
facie
faciend
facies
facile
facile princeps
facilely
facileness
facilitation
facilitative
facilitator
facilitatory
facilities
facility
facinerious
facing
facings
facinorous

WORDS THAT END LIKE FACILITATE

capitate
cavitate
cogitate
cryoprecipitate
delimitate
digitate
estate
excogitate
expeditate
felicitate
incapacitate
interdigitate
levitate
oscitate
palpitate
premeditate
quantitate
regurgitate
resuscitate
sanitate
suscitate

Synonyms and antonyms of facilitate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FACILITATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «facilitate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of facilitate

Translation of «facilitate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FACILITATE

Find out the translation of facilitate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of facilitate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «facilitate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

促进
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

facilitar
570 millions of speakers

English

facilitate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

की सुविधा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تسهيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

облегчения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

facilitar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সহজতর করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faciliter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memudahkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erleichtern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

容易にする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

촉진하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggampangake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tạo điều kiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எளிதாக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुविधा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kolaylaştırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

facilitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ułatwienia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полегшення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

facilita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διευκολύνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fasiliteer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underlätta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

legge til rette for
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of facilitate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FACILITATE»

The term «facilitate» is very widely used and occupies the 8.902 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FACILITATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «facilitate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «facilitate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about facilitate

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10 QUOTES WITH «FACILITATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word facilitate.
1
John R. Allen
We don't want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming - once again - a launching pad for international terrorism.
2
Graeme Base
It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels. I do want to entertain and bring some joy to the reading experience. If it holds a little kernel of knowledge that readers choose to explore, well, that's great.
3
David A. Bednar
A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety of other productive pursuits, activities, and jobs. Patterns help to avoid waste and unwanted deviations and facilitate uniformity that is appropriate and beneficial.
4
Carol Bellamy
Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.
5
Matt Blunt
Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home.
6
Vladimir Bukovsky
A single economy makes the constant adjustments necessary to facilitate trade impossible.
7
Caleb Carr
Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.
8
Vint Cerf
I think exploring the Internet's - and the Web's - ability to facilitate personal linkages is remarkable; and expect to see additional social networking applications and services emerge.
9
Paul Davies
Cancer cells come pre-programmed to execute a well-defined cascade of changes, seemingly designed to facilitate both their enhanced survival and their dissemination through the bloodstream. There is even an air of conspiracy in the way that tumours use chemical signals to create cancer-friendly niches in remote organs.
10
Felix Dennis
Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers. Sports shoes don't win races. Athletes do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACILITATE»

Discover the use of facilitate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to facilitate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beyond the Myths and Magic of Mentoring: How to Facilitate ...
Margo Murray's book makes this process understandable and provides a very effective roadmap to successful mentoring relationships."—Danny E. Sledge, dean of students, Kalamazoo College, and president, International Mentoring ...
Margo Murray, 2002
2
Recent Innovations in Educational Technology that Facilitate ...
There are educational researchers who have done both - developed innovations and tested their potential empirically. This book discusses the most promising innovations from leading educational technologists.
Daniel H. Robinson, Gregory J. Schraw, 2008
3
Small Business: Efforts to Facilitate Equity Capital Formation
Discusses U.S. small business' (SB) access to equity capital financing (ECF), which is money raised by a business by selling shares of ownership, or potential ownership, of the business.
Richard J. Hillman, 2001
4
How to Facilitate: Management Development
Facilitators are usually individuals who assist teams in their meetings, to enhance the process—how the team works and comes to decisions. This issue of Infoline will outline the facilitator's role and his or her necessary skills.
Barbara Darraugh, 2006
5
Do Offshore Financial Centers Facilitate International ...
Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Methods, Research, grade: 74% (entspricht 1,0), University of Birmingham, 12 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: Task: outline a research project., abstract: This paper ...
Tina Wenzel, Anonym, 2007
6
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Actions Needed to Facilitate the ...
The drawdown from Iraq is a complex operation of significant magnitude.
William M. Solis, 2010
7
Beyond Engagement: Instructional Strategies that Facilitate ...
However, the technology component of interactivity has often taken center stage with less focus on the learner and the benefits interactivity can have on the learning process. This is despite consistent research (e.g.
Gina A. Richter, 2008
8
A holder to facilitate the intravenous injection of mice
A plexiglass holder was constructed which minimized the time expended in loading and unloading mice and at the same time immobilized the mouse permitting an accurate intravenous injection to be made in minimal time. (Author).
Thomas A. Billings, 1966
9
The Handbook of Program Management: How to Facilitate ...
The Handbook of Program Management gives program managers at all levels the techniques to put such processes in place as well as consistently integrate new technology and new people into these processes, thus producing superior products and ...
James T Brown, 2007
10
Tales for Trainers: Using Stories and Metaphors to ...
They both work brilliantly as an aid to learning. The book also includes a detailed matrix to show which tales can be effectively used to promote particular actions or concepts.
Margaret Parkin, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACILITATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term facilitate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Disincentivize, facilitate, streamline and other government jargon to …
The government's nimble digital services start-up, 18F, believes that federal bureaucrats can ditch bureaucratese in favor of “plain writing” that ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
The Government's new EVEL timeline still isn't sufficient to facilitate
More time is a good thing, however, the question remains – is the new timeline sufficient to facilitate a process that ensures legitimate ... «Democratic Audit UK, Jul 15»
3
Researchers call for support for data in the cloud to facilitate
Today in the journal Nature prominent researchers from Canada, Europe and the U.S. have made a powerful call to major funding agencies, ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
4
New visa rules facilitate US-China travel
Imagine no more last-minute scramble for expedited visa applications before an emergency business meeting or event. The United States and ... «Plastics News, Jul 15»
5
Avid Media Composer enhancements facilitate efficient workflows
Avid has announced that the latest version of Avid Media Composer, part of the Avid Artist Suite powered by the Avid MediaCentral Platform. «Screen Africa, Jul 15»
6
Pinterest's first partners facilitate mobile pinning
Pinterest's developer platform has gone live with its first partners, Polyvore and IFTTT, two services that encourage mobile engagement. «Retail Dive, Jul 15»
7
NLNG To Facilitate Multi-billion Dollar Dry Dock Project
NLNG To Facilitate Multi-billion Dollar Dry Dock Project. Chika Izuora. — Jul 9, 2015 3:12 am | 0 Comments. Nigeria liquefied natural gas (NLNG) has said it is ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
8
ACCC launches new initiative to facilitate adoption of immuno …
The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) today launches the Institute for Clinical Immuno-Oncology (ICLIO), the first of its kind ... «News-Medical.net, Jul 15»
9
CTG Announces Extension of 10b5-1 Plan to Facilitate Share …
BUFFALO, N.Y., July 08, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CTG (NASDAQ:CTG), an information technology (IT) solutions and services company, ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
10
Govt will facilitate regional trade and investment: PM
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the government's policies offer a market-driven and pragmatic approach supported by an ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»

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