| VERB | change | facilitate, ease, alleviate | make easier |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | facilitate, help | be of use | |
| creation | facilitate | increase the likelihood of (a response) |
| Sounds | fahsih'lahtey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | make easier. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" | |
| Synonyms | ease, alleviate | |
| Broader | help, assist, aid | Give help or assistance |
| Spanish | aflojarse, aflojar, aligerar, aliviar, facilitar, laxar, mitigar | |
| Catalan | afluixar-se, afluixar, alleugerir, facilitar, laxar, mitigar | |
| Adjectives | facilitative | freeing from difficulty or impediment |
| Nouns | facilitation | act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something |
| facilitation | the condition of being made easy (or easier) | |
| facilitator | someone who makes progress easier | |
| Meaning | Be of use. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s INFINITIVE | |
| Synonym | help | |
| Broader | serve | contribute or conduce to |
| Spanish | ayudar, facilitar | |
| Nouns | facilitation | act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something |
| Meaning | increase the likelihood of (a response). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse" | |
| Category | physiology | Processes and functions of an organism |
| Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
| Adjectives | facilitatory | inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity |
| Nouns | facilitation | (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential |
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