facilitate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make easier
you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
Types & categories
- assist hypernym
Related & opposite
- facilitation derivation
- easing derivation
- facilitator derivation
- facilitation derivation
- facilitative derivation
Sense 2 verb
be of use
This will help to prevent accidents
Types & categories
- serve hypernym
Related & opposite
- assist derivation
- facilitation derivation
- aid derivation
Sense 3 verb
increase the likelihood of (a response)
The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse
Types & categories
- cause hypernym
Related & opposite
- facilitation derivation
- facilitatory derivation
- physiology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | easing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | assist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aid |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | serve |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitatory |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physiology |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |