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facilitated

fa·cil·i·tate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fuh-sil-i-teyt]
    • /fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪt/
    • /fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fuh-sil-i-teyt]
    • /fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪt/

Definitions of facilitated word

  • verb with object facilitated to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work. 1
  • verb with object facilitated to assist the progress of (a person). 1
  • noun facilitated Make (an action or process) easy or easier. 1
  • verb facilitated simple past tense and past participle of facilitate. 0

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Origin of facilitated

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; facilit(y) + -ate1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Facilitated

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

facilitated popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

facilitated usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for facilitated

verb facilitated

  • eased — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • enabled — Give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something.
  • simplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • helped — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • aided — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.

Antonyms for facilitated

verb facilitated

  • impeded — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
  • blocked — If something is blocked or blocked up, it is completely closed so that nothing can get through it.
  • ceased — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
  • checked — Something that is checked has a pattern of small squares, usually of two colours.
  • delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.

Top questions with facilitated

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