Facilitate comes from the Latin facilis, for "easy." It means to make something easier or more likely to happen. You facilitate growth or a process, as opposed to, say, dinner. Often in business meetings someone will be assigned to facilitate a discussion so people don't just sit in awkward silence. Synonyms are ease, simplify, expedite, and ... The meaning of FACILITATE is to make (something) easier. Facilitate definition: to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.).. See examples of FACILITATE used in a sentence. fa • cil • i •tate /fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt/ v. [~ + object], -tat•ed, -tat•ing. to make easier or less difficult; help forward. fa• cil •i•tate (fə sil′ i tāt′), v.t., -tat•ed, -tat•ing. help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work. to assist the progress of (a person).
